From malachykilbride at yahoo.com Thu Jun 1 06:59:46 2006 From: malachykilbride at yahoo.com (malachy kilbride) Date: Thu Jun 1 07:38:32 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] DAWN AND THE DECLARATION OF PEACE Message-ID: <20060601135947.88832.qmail@web30315.mail.mud.yahoo.com> The DC Anti-War Network/DAWN www.dawndc.net is excited to announce The Declaration of Peace, a new campaign uniting organizations and individuals across the nation to take action to end the US war in Iraq. DAWN organizes around the principle or Point of Unity that we demand an end to war and occupation as a method of U.S. foreign policy. The Declaration of Peace is in keeping with this Point of Unity and DAWN will, over the next months, work with others on this campaign. Click Below to Read and Sign the Declaration of Peace http://www.declarationofpeace.org/ The Declaration of Peace is a pledge to take peaceful steps for the immediate withdrawal of US troops and to engage in nonviolent protest if a plan to end the war is not established and begun by September 21, 2006 -- International Peace Day -- days before Congress adjourns. Between now and September we will: - Call on the Bush administration and Congress to end the war; - Ask candidates in the fall elections to support legislation that brings troops home and cuts off funding for the war; - Participate in activities leading up to September 21, including marches, vigils, and national phone-ins and email campaigns; - Prepare for September with public Declaration signings, events, and nonviolence trainings to be scheduled across the United States. If the September 21 deadline is not met, Declaration signers will engage in peaceful action in Washington, DC, at Congressional offices and sites throughout the nation from September 21-28. In the spirit of Mohandas Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, some signers will be led by conscience to engage in nonviolent civil disobedience and risk arrest as a way to signify their principled opposition to the U.S. war in Iraq. Nonviolent activities will continue until the United States withdraws from Iraq. Join us. Sign the Declaration. Take action to end the war. To learn more and sign online, visit the website at: http://www.declarationofpeace.org To get involved contact: malachykilbride@yahoo.com In Peace and Resistance, DAWN Note: Pursuant to Title II and Title V of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT Act), all electronic transmissions may be monitored by numerous federal and state agencies without notice or judicial authorization. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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WHEN: Sunday, June 18, 2006, 12 noon to 5 p.m. (setup at 9 a.m.) WHERE: African American Civil War Memorial, U Street and Vermont Avenue, NW in Washington, DC The DC Juneteenth Celebration and Music Festival, set for June 18, 2006 in Washington, DC, will commemorate the 141st anniversary of the day, June 19, 1865, when Union troops reached Galveston, Texas to establish the Emancipation Proclamation as law in the last state of Confederate rebellion ?- 2? years after the date of the Emancipation Proclamation (January 1, 1863). Organizers look forward to repeating and improving on last year's successful and popular DC Juneteenth event. Reporters and photographers are invited to attend. "Juneteenth Celebration organizers will bring the community together at the African American Civil War Memorial to celebrate and reflect upon this historical event and to draw connections between emancipation and the fight in the majority-black District of Columbia for DC statehood including budget autonomy and full voting representation in Congress," said Head-Roc, musical artist and organizer of the event. The afternoon of music, DJs, speakers, remembrance, and fellowship will be hosted by Dr. Jared Ball of Organized C.O.U.P. and Blackademics Hip-Hip show on WPFW. The event is being organized by the Juneteenth Freedman's Legacy Association, a multicultural coalition dedicated to facilitating new outreach methods in DC communities. Scheduled musical performers include: ? The Poemcees ? Emoni Fela featuring The ELs ? Akshan ? DJ Sam "The Man" Burns ? DJ K La Rock ? DJ Clark ? Peace Justice Universal ? Soul Rebel ? The Lucky Lions Martial Arts Troop ? Omega Band Scheduled speakers include: ? Lamar Wilson, Exhibits & Programs Coordinator of of Banneker Douglass Museum ? Ayo Handy Kendi, African American Holiday Association ? Abdur Rahim Muhammad of The Hung Tao Choi Mei Leadership Institute ? Toussaint Tingling-Clemmons EDUCATION/TABLING Juneteenth Freeman's Legacy Association invites other socially progressive groups and institutions to set up tables that contribute to the educational tradition of the commemoration of Juneteenth. A fee is required to help cover festival costs. Interested groups should contact Rami Elamine at 888 810 6202 or at qawom@mutualaid.org. MORE INFORMATION Contact: Vance Levy, 301-891-3095, Juneteenth@head-roc.com 2nd Annual DC Juneteenth Celebration and Music Festival http://www.head-roc.com/juneteenth/ Information about Juneteenth http://www.juneteenth.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.mutualaid.org/pipermail/dawn-dc/attachments/20060601/8e072edd/attachment.html From endviolence at carolmoore.net Fri Jun 2 05:40:06 2006 From: endviolence at carolmoore.net (Carol Moore in DC) Date: Fri Jun 2 06:09:17 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Sat 3rd - Celebrate and Network, Peace Park.... Iran Attack June or July: Ray McGovern Message-ID: <448031A6.5010701@carolmoore.net> LET'S USE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO NETWORK WITH OTHER ACTIVISTS!! We need a big Iran organizing meeting with ALL the peace groups SOON or these MANIACS will get us all killed in a big nuclear war, probably this summer... __________________________________ SAT & SUN, JUNE 3-4 - noon til noon Lafayette (Peace) Park at White House. Celebrating 25th anniversary of Peace Park 24 hour anti-nuclear war vigilers with speakers, music and speakout from noon til noon, starting with Colman McCarthy and lots of well known local activists. Stay out all night and entertain Bush with drums and singing. Email Ellen Thomas et@nucnews.net 202-682-4282 to get on speak out list. More singers and musicians also welcome. Or just show and get on the schedule. Bring your picnic basket! See flier at http://prop1.org/history/2006/anniversary/25thann.pdf _____________________________________ http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/june2006/010606iranstrike.htm Former CIA Analyst Says Iran Strike Set For June Or July McGovern: Staged terror attacks across Europe, US "probable" in order to justify invasion *Paul Joseph Watson/Prison Planet.com | June 1 2006 * Former CIA analyst and Presidential advisor Ray McGovern, fresh from his *heated public confrontation * with Donald Rumsfeld, fears that staged terror attacks across Europe and the US are probable in order to justify the Bush administration's plan to launch a military strike against Iran, which he thinks will take place in June or July. Appearing on The Alex Jones Show, McGovern was asked about the timetable for war in Iran and said that behind the diplomatic smokescreen, the final chess pieces were being moved into position. "There is already one carrier task force there in the Gulf, two are steaming toward it at the last report I have at least - they will all be there in another week or so." "The propaganda has been laid, the aircraft carriers are in place, it doesn't take much to fly the bombers out of British and US bases - cruse missiles are at the ready, Israel is egging us on," said McGovern. McGovern said Iran's likely response to a US air strike would be threefold - mobilizing worldwide terrorist cells that would make Al-Qaeda look like a girls netball team - utilizing its cruise missile arsenal to attack US ships and sending fighters into Iraq to attack US forces. "The Iranians can easily send three divisions of revolutionary guard troops right over....the long border with Iraq," said McGovern, stating that the local Sunni population of Iraq would welcome such an invasion. The turmoil caused by such an action would lead the US to tap its so-called 'mini-nuke' arsenal said McGovern, opening a new Pandora's box of chaos. McGovern highlighted President Bush's all time record low approval ratings as a reason for launching an attack on Iran to again whip up false patriotic fervour. "I can see Karl Rove saying, 'look what you need to do is become a war president again, get us involved with something pretty big here and then strut around and say you can't vote for a bunch of Democrats to pull the rug out from under me while there's a war going on'." McGovern drew a comparison with the concillatory cold war stance of Russia and JFK's decision to respond in a similar manner, and the Iranian President's letter which was immediately dismissed by the Bush administration. JFK's approach saved the US from potential nuclear anihalation while Bush's actions put the US in severe danger as Russia and China give ominous mixed signals on what their response to a US strike on Iran will be. McGovern lambasted Bush's inner circle as uniformly lacking any real military experience and characterized them as a cabal already hell-bent on war. McGovern entertained the notion that western governments and intelligence hierarchies could potentially stage terror attacks in Europe and the US either before or after an invasion of Iran. "That's altogether possible," said McGovern. "I would say even probable because they need some proximate cause, some casus belli to justify really unleashing things on Iran....I would put very little past this crew - their record of dissembling and disingenuousness is unparalleled." McGovern said that Rove, Cheney and Rumsfeld, fearing impeachment and Enron-style criminal proceedings, are urging President Bush to launch a war in order to create a climate unconducive to lengthy investigations and impeachment proceedings. Asked to cite specifically when we should expect to see an attack launched, McGovern said, "I think we all agree that an attack is likely before the election and we all agree that it has to do largely with the election - as for timing I see a likelihood that it could come as early as late June or early July, most of my colleagues predict August, September, maybe an October surprise even." "My thinking is that for it to be October that would be so crass and so transparent that even this crowd would shy away from making it so obvious," said McGovern. McGovern is set to appear along with a host of other respected and credible whistleblowers at the *American Scholars Symposium * at the end of this month. *Click here * to listen to a clip of the interview with Ray McGovern. Prison Planet.tv members can listen to the entirety of this interview. If you are not a subscriber please consider the great benefits of becoming an exclusive member by *clicking here *. From david.etheridge at verizon.net Fri Jun 2 05:47:08 2006 From: david.etheridge at verizon.net (David Etheridge) Date: Fri Jun 2 06:19:06 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Re: Peace vigil at the US Capitol on June 3 Message-ID: <006501c68642$a9cfa8c0$6500a8c0@Study> Please join us in a Peace Vigil at noon on Saturday June 3 on the West Lawn of the Capitol. Look for the blue banner with the message, "Seek Peace and Pursue It. --Psalms 34:14" The vigil lasts one hour and is silent except when one of us responds to the occasional questions about why we are there. For more information see http://www.quaker.org/langleyhill/seekpeace.htm or email seekpeacevigil@yahoo.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.mutualaid.org/pipermail/dawn-dc/attachments/20060602/d2f6bca9/attachment.html From jsmacdonald at riseup.net Fri Jun 2 06:12:24 2006 From: jsmacdonald at riseup.net (Jim Macdonald) Date: Fri Jun 2 06:57:17 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Protest John Negroponte: June 22 at 7PM Message-ID: <46101.jsmacdonald.1149253944.squirrel@mail.riseup.net> PROTEST JOHN NEGROPONTE: Thursday, June 22 at 7 PM John Negroponte, US Director of National Intelligence, currently oversees 15 agencies and a multi-billion dollar budget to seek out "terrorists" around the world. To catch a real terrorist close at hand, he need only look in the mirror. Negroponte's four and a half decade criminal career has spanned decades and continents. From his connections to CIA trained death squads during his tenure as Ambassador to Honduras (1981-85), to his role as US Ambassador to Iraq, to his newly created position as Director of National Intelligence, John Negroponte is responsible for the illegal detention, kidnapping, torture, rape, and murder of thousands of people and the suffering of countless tens of thousands more. Negroponte lives on a quiet, tree lined street. From the outside, no one would suspect that a high ranking terrorist and war criminal lives in the pretty corner house at 3100 Cleveland Ave. NW. On Thursday, June 22 at 7 PM, We will expose him. We will not be silent. We will express our outrage. Please join us. Bring signs, banners, and noisemakers. We will meet at Woodley Park Metro Stop and walk/bike/scooter together to the home of Negroponte at 3100 Cleveland Avenue NW. Sponsored by the DC Anti-War Network (DAWN) http://www.dawndc.net From pete4peace at gmail.com Fri Jun 2 14:46:05 2006 From: pete4peace at gmail.com (Pete Perry) Date: Fri Jun 2 15:19:13 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Notes from May 30, 2006 DAWN Meeting Message-ID: <6f0f1f510606021446g6da8bf86nf64d0d993d94cfd7@mail.gmail.com> Reportbacks: 1) Homeless Service -- Providing food to downtown homeless individuals continue every Saturday morning. 2) Negroponte Home Demo -- the Weekly Action Group's last organized home demo of Amb. John Negroponte near the intersection of 31st and Cathedral, NW went well. The next action well be 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 22. 3) Blair Visits Bush -- Loud and fun Code Pink organized action which had several DAWN activists and others participating during their joint press conference. 4) June 3rd Anniversary of the Anti-Nuke vigil. Planning is going full steam ahead, most speakers and musicians are now set. It will be an all-night event in Lafayette Park. Thomas and COndi have continued this 24-7-365 vigil for 25 years! UPDATE: Press release has just been sent out. 5) 6-6-6 Rally planning fulls team ahead. It will be a protest against Bush's planned Armagedeon. Next DAWN meeting will take place right after it in Lafayette Park. Proposals: 1) Withdraw endorsement of "Take The Leash" public protest/street theater against the use of torture. Passed 12-3-5. Revokes Level 1. 2) Money for anti-war wristbands and condoms with keychain inside that read "make Love Not War." These items will be significantly marked up to raise funds for DAWN. Passed unanimously. Level 3. 3) Endorsement of home demo at Harold Cohr's residence, chairman of AIPAC, within next month or two. Passesdunanimously. Level 1. 4) September regime change conference working group. Pete is point person. Passed unanimously. Level 2. 5) Endorsement of Declaration of Peace. This has been forwarded and worked on by the group Pace e Bene, and was written by Ken Buttigan (Central America Pledge of Resistance in 80s). Passed 11-2-5. Level 1. 6) Hiroshima-Nagasaki Committee Essay Contest with prize of trip to Japan. Must be 30 or younger to enter. Passed unanimously. Level 1. Working Groups which met after general meeting: June 3 Anniversary for Vigil and Weekly Action Group. -- Pete Perry 571-271-1313 www.peteperry.net "Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned." ~Buddha -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 42146 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.mutualaid.org/pipermail/dawn-dc/attachments/20060603/9769fe96/attachment-0001.jpe From calendar at dcpalestine.org Mon Jun 5 02:16:06 2006 From: calendar at dcpalestine.org (calendar@dcpalestine.org) Date: Mon Jun 5 03:37:00 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Upcoming DC-Palestine Events: wk of 2006-6-5 Message-ID: <200606050916.k559G2Sk016586@ebte.umd.edu> Visit our sister site: http://triptopalestine.com/ New photos and articles added from a recent visit This is a list of upcoming events in the DC Metro Area relating to Palestine. The list is automatically generated by the calendar engine at DCPalestine.org . For more details on each event, please visit www.DCPalestine.org, AND BE SURE TO CHECK IT BEFORE YOU ATTEND YOUR EVENT FOR LAST MINUTE CHANGES! ========================= T H I S W E E K ========================= SORRY. THERE ARE NO PALESTINE-RELATED EVENTS IN DC THIS WEEK WHY DON'T YOU ORGANIZE ONE? ========================= N E X T W E E K ========================= WEDNESDAY, June 14, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ READING: BETTY SHAMIEH READING EXCERPTS OF HER WORKS TIME: 6:30pm-8:00pm LOCATION: The Palestine Center DIRECTIONS: 2425 Virginia Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20037 Foggy Bottom Metro SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: Palestine Center(The Palestine Center) ORGANIZED BY: Palestine Center CONTACT: (202) 338-1958 ext. 11 rsvp@thejerusalemfund.org The Jerusalem Fund Gallery presents Betty Shamieh Reading excerpts of her works Wednesday, 14 June 2006 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. Shamieh, the first Palestinian-American playwright to have a play premiere off-Broadway, will be presenting excerpts of her critically acclaimed play Chocolate in Heat and her fort ... ........................................................................ ==================== DETAILS OF THIS WEEK'S EVENTS =================== ====================== E N D O F E V E N T S ======================= If you wish to submit an event please contact your group's DCPalestine representative or e-mail events@dcpalestine.org . Copyright (c) 2003, DCPalestine.org. All rights reserved. Designed and administered by Spidy.net - No one masters the Web like Spidy! From endviolence at carolmoore.net Mon Jun 5 10:14:57 2006 From: endviolence at carolmoore.net (Carol Moore in DC) Date: Mon Jun 5 10:48:00 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Reminder: Tues.6-6-6 @ 6 PM-No Armageddon protest White House Message-ID: <44846691.4020104@carolmoore.net> JUNE 6, 2006 (6-6-6) 6 PM SHARP NO ARMAGEDDON FOR BUSH RALLY WHERE: WHITE HOUSE, Pennsylvania Ave. Sidewalk WHO: Endorsing groups include DC Antiwar Network (DAWN), No. Virginia for Peace and Justice, Women for Peace and Justice in Iran and World Can?t Wait. (NOTE: DAWN meeting at 7:30 pm in the park, after the Rally; great chance to attend a meeting!) WHAT: Peace activists rally to demand ?No Armageddon for Bush? ? not conventional or nuclear attack on Iran. We demand an end to U.S. global dominance and beginning of worldwide nuclear disarmament. Featuring a tug of war between good and evil, an exorcism of the White House, a Heavenly Choir singing ?Eve of Destruction? and ?Give Peace a Chance? etc., and graphic and scary Bush, Satan and Armageddon masks, outfits, posters etc. JOIN IN THE FUN!!! SEE: http://stopthewarnow.net/protests/6-6-6.html or http://dawndc.net Contact for More Information: 202-635-3739 From yadayadayadadc at yahoo.com Tue Jun 6 08:08:27 2006 From: yadayadayadadc at yahoo.com (jose rodriguez) Date: Tue Jun 6 13:07:02 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] 666 rally mentioned in post Message-ID: <20060606150827.55853.qmail@web51803.mail.yahoo.com> hey now the wash post mentioned the no armageddon for bush rally :) stop on by @ 6pm and boot satan and his spawn out of the white house peace out jose __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From david at davidswanson.org Tue Jun 6 08:33:02 2006 From: david at davidswanson.org (David Swanson) Date: Tue Jun 6 14:14:47 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Conf Cmtee Tonight Message-ID: <025601c6897e$80a63a60$6401a8c0@A25BD8260D5F438> Conference Committee Meeting Tonight on Supplemental http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/11578 Remember that both houses passed language banning the use of this money for building permanent bases in Iraq. It would be blatantly illegal for that language to be stripped out behind closed doors by a conference committee HOUSE-SENATE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE Supplemental Appropriations Conference Committee meeting on H.R.4939, the "Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery." Location: HC-5, U.S. Capitol. 8 p.m. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The rally featured a speak out; a tug of war between good and evil; scary Bush and Armageddon outfits and posters, etc. "Bishop Barrows" incredible exorcism of the White House War Devils -- focusing on their planned attack on Iran -- that was truly inspiring. Hear us all chant along on the video. Maybe we should make these exorcisms a weekly event until the White House is cleansed of evil! Expected counter-protesters Little Friends of Satan (aka ?Freepers?) did NOT appear. From endviolence at carolmoore.net Wed Jun 7 08:02:04 2006 From: endviolence at carolmoore.net (Carol Moore in DC) Date: Wed Jun 7 08:04:45 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] The Darfur Hidden from Headlines Message-ID: <4486EA6C.1090705@carolmoore.net> The Darfur Hidden From Headlines A revealing panel discussion Sponsored by: Social Action & Leadership School for Activists (SALSA) & Pan-African Liberation Organization (PALO) Wednesday, June 14th 2006 6:30 ? 8:45pm IPS-SALSA Conference Room 1112 16th Street NW, Suite 600 Wash., DC 20036 " I'd ask those holding those signs yesterday to recall that in November 2001 a general at the Pentagon told Gen. Wesley Clark that in the wake of 9-11 the administration had "a five-year campaign plan" to attack not only Afghanistan but "Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Iran, Libya, Sudan and Somalia." I'd ask Working Assets to observe that the Iraq War it opposes and the Sudan intervention it endorses are in fact part of that same empire-building campaign plan. Last June a UN commission determined that what has been taking place in Darfur, however awful, does not constitute a genocidal policy by the Sudanese government." -Gary Leupp, Counterpunch May 2, 2006 Taking a cursory look at mainstream news regarding the Sudan and its Darfur region it is common to come across headlines reporting allegations of genocide of Blacks by Arabs, of Christians by Muslims, and of government sponsored ethnic cleansing. However there is no reference to the origin of the conflict, the role of international oil interest and the US Government within the stories. While the US Government is waging a devastating war in Iraq and Afghanistan and promoting new lies to begin another war in Iran, its supporters at home are busy garnering support for its intervention "for peace" and "aid" to Darfur. Is the public really getting the whole picture? What pertinent details could be hidden behind the headlines? Join SALSA for a revealing panel discussion as we explore perspectives not making the news and the historical and geo- political context that is all too often neglected on foreign policy issues like this one. Panelist: Hodari Abdul-Ali, Executive Director of the Give Peace A Chance Coalition, who has led two delegations to Sudan in the past four years; Simin Royanian, political economist and veteran of the peace and justice movement. She is a co-founder of Women for Peace & Justice In Iran; Ismail Kamal, anti-war activists and co-founder of the Sudanese American Society (organization no longer in existence); Member of Justice & Equality Movement (JEM) has been invited. PALO organizer, Devin Walker will be the moderator of this event. Bringing down the thick walls of xenophobia several bricks at a time! This forum is free and open to the public but because space is limited please pre-register by calling 202-234-9382 ext 229 or visiting www.HotSalsa.org. From jsmacdonald at riseup.net Wed Jun 7 09:14:38 2006 From: jsmacdonald at riseup.net (Jim Macdonald) Date: Wed Jun 7 09:16:40 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Poetry Slam Fundraiser for SOR !! Message-ID: <20074.jsmacdonald.1149696878.squirrel@mail.riseup.net> Support the Summer of Resistance to the Iraq War! * Poetry Slam with food :) featuring: The DC Guerrilla Poets *Son of Nun* ** *Luci Murphy* * * Friday, June 16, 2006 -- 7-10 pm St. Aloysius Lower Church North Capitol & I (Eye) Streets, NW directions: http://www.stalschurchdc.org/directions%20in%20text.htm *www.summerofresistance.org -- "I can do a lot of things, and I do" -Ani Difranco -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Webcast on the committee website *please distribute widely, excuse redundencies ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rainforest Action Network (RAN)* invites you to watch an amazing film about the indigenous resistance to the clear-cut logging of old growth forests on their ancestral lands. The film screening is part of a national campaign to stop Weyerhaeuser, the largest logging company, from destroying the ancient hardwood forests on traditional lands of the Grassy Meadows Nation in Ontario. *"As Long As the Rivers Flow: The Grassy Narrows** Blockade Story."* (55 min.) A Winnipeg Indymedia project directed by David Clement *Wednesday, June 14th 2006. 6:30pm - 9:00pm* *Al-Fishawy Cafe (aka Before It's Too Late Media Center) *4132 Georgia Ave NW (between Upshur & Taylor) 3 blocks north of Georgia/Petworth Metro on Green Line and #70/71/64 bus lines After the film, you're invited to stay for music, food, drinks, and a discussion about the campaign and tactics with nonviolent direct action trainers plus RAN organizers and Grassy Meadows activists on conference call. $3-5 donation suggested, but no one turned away ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BeforeItsTooLate PeoplesMediaCenter is a grassroots community center to empower all oppressed and disenfranchised people in Washington, D.C. Metro Area through media production, education, and civic services. By forging alliances with other local, national, and international social justice organizations, activists, and radical media networks, it WILL create a global village of progressive forces for liberation and survival before its too late! CONTACTS- Cafe 202-722-0150 Ryme Reem cell (917) 681-7228 e-mail wbixclass@yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more info please check out www.FreeGrassy.organd www.ran.org or contact Cesar Maxit- maxitcesar{at}yahoo c) 202 29 49 202 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***OFFICIAL INVITE*** Dear Friends, Please join us for a film screening at Peoples Media Center at AlFishawy cafe, on June 14 to learn more about an inspiring indigenous community living in the heart of Ontario-s boreal forest. The First Nations community of Grassy Narrows has fought for decades to stop multinational logging companies from clear-cutting on their traditional lands, and they need our help and support. The people of Grassy Narrows have seen their traditional subsistence way of life devastated by massive deforestation, ecological damage and toxic pesticides left by logging companies. Weyerhaeuser, the biggest lumber company in the world, is buying up the ancient hardwood forests of Grassy Narrows ?forests clear-cut over the objections of the community ? and converting them into building products for the U.S. housing industry. Weyerhaeuser markets these products as "environmentally friendly." In December 2002, community members at Grassy Narrows established a blockade on a logging road in their territory, sparking the longest-standing and highest-profile indigenous logging blockade in Canadian history. However, clear-cuts still take place -- Weyerhaeuser and Abitibi refuse to respect the community's right to self-determination within their traditional territory. I hope you can join me for David Clement's *"As Long As the Rivers Flow: The **Grassy** **Narrows** Blockade Story."* Please bring any friends that might be interested. *Date: Wednesday, June 14 Time: **6:30pm*** *Location: Peoples Media Center at AlFishawy **4132 Georgia Avenue NW* (between Upshur & Taylor streets between the 2 Shell gas stations. 3 blocks North of Petworth metro station on the green line, on the #70/71/64 bus line.) **** To learn more about Grassy Narrows and the Rainforest Action Network (co-sponsor of this nationwide event) please check out: www.FreeGrassy.organd www.ran.org. Thanks and hope to see you on the 14th! BeforeItsTooLate PeoplesMediaCenter is a grassroots community center to empower all oppressed and disenfranchised people in Washington, D.C. Metro Area through media production, education, and civic services. By forging alliances with other local, national, and international social justice organizations, activists, and radical media networks, it WILL create a global village of progressive forces for liberation and survival before its too late! CONTACTS- Cafe 202-722-0150 Ryme Reem cell (917) 681-7228 e-mail wbixclass@yahoo.com All WELCOME-BRING A FRIEND-- $5 donation encouraged but no one turned away -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.mutualaid.org/pipermail/dawn-dc/attachments/20060607/0462330f/attachment.html From david.etheridge at verizon.net Thu Jun 8 14:17:12 2006 From: david.etheridge at verizon.net (David Etheridge) Date: Thu Jun 8 14:33:22 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Peace vigil at the US Capitol on June 10 Message-ID: <043c01c68b40$e9ee1560$6500a8c0@Study> Please join us in a Peace Vigil at noon on Saturday June 10 on the West Lawn of the Capitol. 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URL: http://lists.mutualaid.org/pipermail/dawn-dc/attachments/20060608/f3995add/attachment.html From endviolence at carolmoore.net Thu Jun 8 15:13:43 2006 From: endviolence at carolmoore.net (Carol Moore in DC) Date: Sun Jun 11 09:16:47 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Iran: Support a Step Back from War - FCNL Message-ID: <4488A117.4000903@carolmoore.net> FYI for all of you who like to contact your congress reps... *Legislative Action Message* *Iran: Support a Step Back from War - FCNL* Printer-friendly version of this alert In the past few days, the U.S. and the Iranian governments have halted their mutual march toward war. But there are still voices arguing for confrontation, not cooperation.* Members of Congress need to hear from constituents that war with Iran is not the answer.* This week, the European Union (EU) proposed a framework for negotiations to defuse the escalating crisis over Iranian nuclear development. The Bush administration, under domestic and international pressure, has been forced to pursue diplomacy over military threats and accept the EU proposal. The cause of human security has a victory--for now. Quakers and others who oppose war have reason to celebrate this step. But many more steps will have to be taken to realize the peace-building potential of the EU proposal. The EU proposal offers economic normalization with Iran in return for comprehensive surveillance of its nuclear facilities by international inspectors. Iran would be allowed to build additional nuclear reactors and enrich uranium for its civilian nuclear program. The proposal also includes support for a weapons of mass destruction-free zone in the Middle East. The EU secured the support of Israel for the package before it was delivered to Iran. The EU offer, backed by the U.S., and the conciliatory words coming out of Tehran are encouraging. Through public pressure we have at least stopped, if not reversed, the march toward war. However, the crisis is not over. The deal with Iran is not final yet. Hawks in both Washington and Tehran are trying to undermine this diplomatic solution. Already some voices in Washington are denouncing the carrots-and-sticks package, arguing for a sticks-only approach. Take Action Now Members of Congress, in particular Republican senators, have influence over the direction the administration takes in solving the Iranian crisis. They are listening to constituents to gauge what their own positions should be. You have an opportunity to influence those decisions. Write a short letter to your representative and senators supporting diplomacy over military threats. You can find a sample message and contact your members of Congress directly on FCNL's website. Modify your letter to refer to news coverage of this agreement and submit it as a letter-to-the-editor to your local newspaper. You can find a sample message and submit your letter directly through FCNL's website. The looming U.S.-Iranian war is a war that can be prevented. However, this opportunity may last only a few weeks. Now is the time to state the truth that "War is not the answer." ________________________________________ The U.S. Can't Abandon Iraq, But the Troops Must Leave*: *Join FCNL's Iraq Campaign . Contact Congress and the administration . Order FCNL publications and "War is Not the Answer" campaign bumper stickers and yard signs. *Contribute *to FCNL . *Subscribe or update * your information to this list. To unsubscribe from this list, please see the end of this message. *Subscribe * to other FCNL legislative, policy, and action alert lists . ________________________________________ *Friends Committee on National Legislation* 245 Second St. NE, Washington, DC 20002-5795 fcnl@fcnl.org * http://www.fcnl.org phone: (202)547-6000 * toll-free: (800)630-1330 /We seek a world free of war and the threat of war We seek a society with equity and justice for all We seek a community where every person's potential may be fulfilled We seek an earth restored/. From johncoursey at hotmail.com Fri Jun 9 12:35:08 2006 From: johncoursey at hotmail.com (John Coursey) Date: Sun Jun 11 09:16:48 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Anthony Arnove & Etan Thomas at Politics & Prose on Monday Message-ID: See details below. BookTV of CNN will be there to film the event. Monday, June 12, 7 p.m. ANTHONY ARNOVE IRAQ: THE LOGIC OF WITHDRAWAL (New Press, $19.95) with ETAN THOMAS MORE THAN AN ATHLETE (Moore Black Press, $19.95) While many books criticize the current occupation, Arnove takes up the debates that divide the anti-war movement-the question of civil war, the character of the Iraqi resistance, and the U.S. claim that it can impose democracy-and makes a compelling case for getting out now. Special guest Etan Thomas, poet, activist, and NBA player of the Washington Wizards, will join Anthony Arnove for an evening of anti-war poetry, discussion, and debate. Politics and Prose Bookstore 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW call 202/364-1919 for more information From cpardew at soaw.org Fri Jun 9 16:15:27 2006 From: cpardew at soaw.org (Christy Pardew) Date: Sun Jun 11 09:16:48 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] We won the debate and are close to winning Congress! Message-ID: <00bd01c68c1a$9b16f850$130a0a0a@SOAWatch.org> School of the Americas Watch www.SOAW.org | 202-234-3440 | Click to subscribe SOA Watch Legislative Update & Action Alert June 9, 2006 at 7:00 pm We won the debate and are close to winning Congress! Your work and the amazing contributions of over 40 national religious, labor and political organizations delivered an incredible vote today in what is possibly the most conservative Congress in U.S. history. Because of you, for the first time in six years, we won the debate, and we had a vote in Congress that garnered the support of 188 Representatives who voted to cut funding the School of the Americas/ WHINSEC, including almost 30 Republicans! Today's session was a critical day in our ongoing campaign to close the School of the Americas and to bring accountability to a "school of shame." Now we know where Members of the House stand - and who we need to target. You now have the opportunity to invite at least 55 Members who voted with us but who aren't yet co-sponsors of HR 1217 to sign on to our bill to suspend and investigate the SOA/ WHISNEC. See the final roll call here: http://www.soaw.org/legislative This week you successfully leveraged more pressure on Congress than was leveraged on any other issue, and you had the Republican leadership in the House worried about the vote. At the last minute, the right wing pulled out all the stops to get the bare minimum of votes needed - 218 - to defeat the amendment. Our bill, HR 1217, is still alive! Today's amendment vote is a good marker for us, and it will continue to serve as a tool for educating Members of Congress. Today's vote will keep up our momentum as we continue to build support for HR 1217! Our supporters won today's debate hands-down. Representatives Lowey (NY), the ranking member of the House; Barbara Lee (CA), of the Human Rights Caucus; Schakowsky (IL); Meehan (MA); Kucinich (OH); and McGovern (MA) laid out strong arguments in favor of cutting funding to WHINSEC, citing serious concerns over human rights abuses, over the harm the institution does to relationships with Latin American nations and over known human rights abusers returning to WHINSEC. Each Representative in favor of the amendment gave compelling and specific examples that supported their arguments. Those speaking against the amendment were not nearly as eloquent -- and didn't even have enough speakers to fill their time! We have had an unprecedented level of success with our bill, HR 1217. We have more Republicans as co-sponsors than we've ever had; about 30 Republicans voted with us today; and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), the House Minority Leader, a majority of the Human Rights Caucus and Budget Chairman Jim Nussle (R-IA) are on board with the bill. We have made incredible strides forward, and we know that one day this school of torture, this school of coups, this school of repression will be closed down for good. We are continuing to grow our movement here in North America. Three South American countries have already pulled out of the school, and more may be on the way! Across the Americas, major social change is happening, and people's movements continue to elect leaders that listen to the will of the people. There is much about which we can be hopeful. Now as we continue the momentum you must take action! Take action: 1. Thank your Member of Congress if she or he voted with us It's really important that we thank Representatives who voted with us on this amendment, and that we continue to build relationships with staffers in their offices. It's also important that we hold Representatives accountable. If you Rep did not represent your views in Washington, we urge you to contact her or him by writing a letter and expressing your disappointment that she or he did not vote according to your wishes. Ask your Representative to provide an explanation for why she or he voted the way they did. If you receive a response, please forward a copy to the Legislative Coordinator in the DC office. See the final Roll Call showing how each Representatitve voted: http://www.soaw.org/legislative. 2. Continue to build support for HR 1217 Our bill is still alive and now has more support! Keep working on those Representatives that haven't yet co-sponsored. Check out the Legislative Action Index at http://www.soaw.org/legislative for how your Rep voted on this amendment. If they are not currently a cosponsor of HR 1217, this is an opportunity for us to add additional cosponsors to the bill to close and investigate the SOA/ WHINSEC. Contact the Foreign Affairs Legislative Aide in your Rep's DC office and urge them to add their boss as a cosponsor to HR 1217. 3. Make your plans now to attend this year's Vigil to Close the School of the Americas: November 17-19, 2006 This November 17-19, thousands will gather at the gates of Fort Benning, Georgia for the Vigil to Close the School of the Americas! Following on the heels of our powerful 2005 gathering and our first vote in Congress in six years, this year's Vigil is shaping up to be a powerful time for movement building and an effective tool in the campaign to close the SOA/ WHINSEC. Read more, find out hotel, travel and accessibility information and more. 4. Get more involved in the campaign! Many of you have gotten very involved in legislative work over the past few months. We'd love to have you stay involved! Consider joining the Legislative Working Group, and help us to continue to shape our Congressional strategy. 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URL: http://lists.mutualaid.org/pipermail/dawn-dc/attachments/20060609/853f2a67/attachment-0001.html From endviolence at carolmoore.net Sat Jun 10 07:24:48 2006 From: endviolence at carolmoore.net (Carol Moore in DC) Date: Sun Jun 11 09:16:49 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] [WPC] Activist Alert: June 9th-19th, 2006] Message-ID: <448AD630.7040301@carolmoore.net> From: Washington Peace Center -- Our Activist Alert has been updated for the week ending June 9th, 2006. Please check our website: http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org Please take special note of these announcements & activities for the Washington Peace Center: Our next membership meeting is Monday June 12th at 7 pm, at the Flemming Center, 1426 9th Street NW. All Welcome! You Can Now Become A Member of The Washington Peace Center The Washington Peace Center is becoming a membership organization and we need your help. All members are granted voting rights and are invited to join one or more of our many working groups, which are listed under our About Us section, as well as attend our monthly Member meeting held the second Monday of every month. All Members will also receive a welcome kit and Membership Card. Members are asked to pay suggested annual dues of 25 dollars. If you are interested in joining please e-mail us or mail us the following information: Name Address Phone Number E-mail Our E-Mail is wpc@igc subject membership Our mailing address is The Washington Peace Center 1426 9th St. NW Washington DC 20001 Checks can be made out to The Washington Peace Center EXCEPTION TO THE RULERS-We still have a few autographed copies of Amy Goodman's Exception to the Rulers, remaining from our successful community event in December. Contact our office if interested, proceeds benefit the Center. Get in on the Action! Join discussions on the Peace Center Blog! http://peacecenter.blogspot.com/ "The arc of the universe bends toward justice!" - Martin Luther King Jr. Peace, Mkawasi Mcharo Paul Magno Co-Coordinators Washington Peace Center 1426 9th St NW #306 Washington, DC 20001 (202)234-2000 / 234-7064 (fax) www.washingtonpeacecenter.org To unsubscribe, send a message to washingtonpeacecenter-unsubscribe@lists.mutualaid.org _______________________________________________ WashingtonPeaceCenter mailing list WashingtonPeaceCenter@lists.mutualaid.org http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/washingtonpeacecenter free hosting provided by http://www.mutualaid.org/ _______________________________________________ WashingtonPeaceCenter mailing list WashingtonPeaceCenter@lists.mutualaid.org http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/washingtonpeacecenter free hosting provided by http://www.mutualaid.org/ From gael at codepinkalert.org Sat Jun 10 08:30:17 2006 From: gael at codepinkalert.org (Gael Murphy) Date: Sun Jun 11 09:16:49 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Chain Gang Social at Bossa in DC, June 12 Message-ID: <9C3CE650-8590-4CC9-B4B2-F1A16C02D86D@codepinkalert.org> Bill Moyer of the Backbone Campaign is looking for puppetistas. Call him at 206 356 9980 if you're interested. Gael Chain Gang Social at Bossa in DC, June 12 ? BushChainGang.org Come to the Chain Gang Social at the DC club Bossa, in the Adams Morgan district on Monday, June 12, 9 PM - Midnight. Brazilian music by Patrick De Santos Impeachment movement leaders--including special guest David Swanson of AfterDowningStreet.org Spine Award presentation to Ray McGovern of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, who recently received national press for challenging Rumsfeld for his lies. Live appearance of the Chain Gang Drink specials for those who make donations toward the Chain Gang's Work Release Tour Presentation by Backbone Campaign Executive Director, Bill Moyer. Location: Bossa in Adams Morgan district of DC, MAP 2463 18th St. NW, Washington, DC 20009, 202-667-0088 8 minute walk from the Take Back America conference. PLEASE, SPREAD THE WORD. PARTY FOR IMPEACHMENT. SEE YOU THERE! -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/related From gael at codepinkalert.org Sun Jun 11 07:04:33 2006 From: gael at codepinkalert.org (Gael Murphy) Date: Sun Jun 11 09:16:50 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] FLAG DAY WED JUN 14 PROCESSION IN MEMORY OF FALLEN IN IRAQ Message-ID: <51C8D40F-42A8-4AF4-9DD0-54EC0FD6F545@codepinkalert.org> Calling all Peace and Justice Activists FLAG DAY PROCESSION In memory of the 2500 Military Deaths and the Tens of thousands of Civilian killed in Iraq NOT ONE MORE INJURY - NOT ONE MORE DEATH - NOT ONE MORE DIME WHEN: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14TH AT 3:00 PM WHERE: Silent walk from Washington HILTON HOTEL (Connecticut Avenue and T Street NW) To the WHITE HOUSE 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW Bring signs and banners We will gather outside the Hotel at Connecticut and T Streets following Barack Obama?s closing speech ?Go Out and Fight for Change,? at the Take Back America Conference (http:// takebackamerica.org) (Procession route: Connecticut Avenue South, East on K Street and South on 16 th Street through Lafayette Park to the White House) JOIN US ! To endorse or for info call 202-265-1671, ext. 3, or email dc@codepinkalert.org Please spread the word: Endorsers include Gold Star Families for Peace, CODEPINK, After Downing Street Coalition, Progressive Democrats of America, United for Peace and Justice-DC, Democrats.com, Among others. -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/appledouble From calendar at dcpalestine.org Mon Jun 12 02:16:06 2006 From: calendar at dcpalestine.org (calendar@dcpalestine.org) Date: Mon Jun 12 07:45:32 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Upcoming DC-Palestine Events: wk of 2006-6-12 Message-ID: <200606120916.k5C9G1ip008704@ebte.umd.edu> Visit our sister site: http://triptopalestine.com/ New photos and articles added from a recent visit This is a list of upcoming events in the DC Metro Area relating to Palestine. The list is automatically generated by the calendar engine at DCPalestine.org . For more details on each event, please visit www.DCPalestine.org, AND BE SURE TO CHECK IT BEFORE YOU ATTEND YOUR EVENT FOR LAST MINUTE CHANGES! ========================= T H I S W E E K ========================= WEDNESDAY, June 14, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ READING: BETTY SHAMIEH READING EXCERPTS OF HER WORKS TIME: 6:30pm-8:00pm LOCATION: The Palestine Center DIRECTIONS: 2425 Virginia Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20037 Foggy Bottom Metro SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: Palestine Center(The Palestine Center) ORGANIZED BY: Palestine Center CONTACT: (202) 338-1958 ext. 11 rsvp@thejerusalemfund.org The Jerusalem Fund Gallery presents Betty Shamieh Reading excerpts of her works Wednesday, 14 June 2006 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. Shamieh, the first Palestinian-American playwright to have a play premiere off-Broadway, will be presenting excerpts of her critically acclaimed play Chocolate in Heat and her fort ... ........................................................................ ========================= N E X T W E E K ========================= ==================== DETAILS OF THIS WEEK'S EVENTS =================== Reading: BETTY SHAMIEH READING EXCERPTS OF HER WORKS The Jerusalem Fund Gallery presents Betty Shamieh Reading excerpts of her works Wednesday, 14 June 2006 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. Shamieh, the first Palestinian-American playwright to have a play premiere off-Broadway, will be presenting excerpts of her critically acclaimed play Chocolate in Heat and her forthcoming novel. Her play Roar had its off-Broadway premiere at The New Group under the direction of Tony-nominated Marion McClinton and starred Annabella Sciorra and Sarita Choudhury. Roar was selected as a New York Times Critic’s Pick for its entire extended run. Her play The Black Eyed premiered at the Magic Theatre in 2005. Trinity Repertory Theatre commissioned and optioned her play Territories. Shamieh performed in her play of monologues Chocolate in Heat - Growing Up Arab in America, which had three sold out and critically acclaimed off-off-Broadway runs and subsequently toured over twenty venues across the United States. She has been awarded an NEA grant, Sundance Theatre residency, New Dramatists Van Lier Fellowship, a residency at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Study & Conference! Center, an Arts International grant, a Yaddo residency, and a New York Foundation for the Arts playwriting award. She was selected as a 2004-2005 Harvard University Clifton Visiting Artist and is currently serving on the New York Foundation for the Arts playwriting advisory board. Her life and work have been profiled in American Theatre Magazine, Time Out, The Washington Post, The International Herald Tribune, and The New York Times. A graduate of Harvard University and the Yale School of Drama, she was selected as a 2005-2006 Playwriting Fellow at Harvard/Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies. Shamieh is currently working on a Time Warner commission from Second Stage Theatre. This event is free and open to the public, however, registration is required. To register, send your name and contact information to rsvp@thejerusalemfund.org or call (202) 338-1958 ext.11 by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, 12 June 2006. The Jerusalem Fund Gallery 2425 Virginia Avenue, NW | Washington, DC 20037 Tel. 202-338-1958 | Directions and parking information: http://www.thejerusalemfund.org/contactus.php The Gallery is the cultural program of the Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development, an independent non-profit organization established in 1977 and based in Washington, DC. ........................................................................ ====================== E N D O F E V E N T S ======================= If you wish to submit an event please contact your group's DCPalestine representative or e-mail events@dcpalestine.org . Copyright (c) 2003, DCPalestine.org. All rights reserved. Designed and administered by Spidy.net - No one masters the Web like Spidy! From theredbudtree at earthlink.net Mon Jun 12 08:28:59 2006 From: theredbudtree at earthlink.net (laura costas) Date: Mon Jun 12 08:29:35 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] 3-hour radio special on depleted uranium Message-ID: <4847A6BE-AA59-4A70-B53B-9B0896BD627A@earthlink.net> Folks, this site isn't one I'd regularly visit, but the at least some of guests on this special program are top drawer, so I thought I'd pass it along. L Subject : DEPLETED URANIUM: 3-HOUR RADIO SPECIAL ON "DU" PREFATORY NOTE: Underneath the "X" Zone Radio Show's important invitation, are added cites to 32 articles that provide insights into the U.S. military's criminal use of Depleted Uranium weapons, plus "the moral of the story." Please forward this on to your friends, relatives and colleagues. -Evan Augustine Peterson III, J.D. ================================================================ YOU ARE INVITED TO LISTEN TO OUR 3-HOUR RADIO SPECIAL ABOUT DEPLETED URANIUM: MONDAY, JUNE 12, 2006, FROM 11:00 PM TO 2:00 AM EASTERN STANDARD TIME. Our Special Guests (who are listed below) will join TalkStar Radio Host Rob McConnell on the "X" Zone Radio Show on MONDAY, JUNE 12, 2006, from 11:00 PM to 2:00 AM EASTERN STANDARD TIME to discuss the many ongoing problems caused by DEPLETED URANIUM, the current legislative efforts, and to talk with directly-affected VETERANS. QUESTION 1: "HOW CAN I LISTEN TO YOUR RADIO SHOW ABOUT DEPLETED URANIUM?" ANSWER: You can listen live: (1) via the internet at http://www.xzone-r adio.com/ and then click on the red flashing "ON AIR" sign; (2) check your local radio station listings; or (3) our network will re-play the entire show from 2:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST. QUESTION 2: "WHAT IF I DON'T LIVE ON THE USA'S EAST COAST?" ANSWER: The "X" Zone Radio Show also can be heard throughout North America, Central America, the Caribbean, South America, and the Pacific Rim on Galaxy 4R (C-Band Satellite) and Intelsat Americas 7 (KU Band Satellite). And The "X" Zone Radio Show can be heard anywhere in the world on streaming audio at: http://www.xzone-radio.com QUESTION 3: "HOW CAN I GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT DEPLETED URANIUM?" ANSWER: Please see the 32 articles listed below, and go to The 'X' Zone Radio Show - Depleted Uranium Effects - at http://www.xzone-radio.com/ uranium.htm If you have any comments, opinions, or guest suggestions, please email them to: xzone@xzone-radio.com . Your email is always appreciated! The archives for the present broadcast month are available at: http://www.xzone-radio.com/archives.htm ABOUT US: TalkStar Radio Host Rob McConnell is the Executive Producer of The 'X' Zone Radio Show, which is a division of REL-MAR McConnell Media Company in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. We have Satellite Teleport via White Springs, Florida. Our telephone contact information is: Office Telephone (905) 575-5916; Studio Telephone 1-877-528-8255. Our e-mail address is: xzone@xzone-radio.com Our website address is: http://www.xzone-radio.com/ Video-Casting on Yahoo IM - xzonestudio; MSN Messenger, talkstarradio@hotmail.com, AOL IM: xzonestudio, Yahoo IM: xzonestudio, ICQ: 6272860 "Working together as one, we can solve the mysteries of life." -Rob McConnell, 2005 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SEVEN GUESTS WILL APPEAR ON THE "X" ZONE'S THREE-HOUR SPECIAL ABOUT DEPLETED URANIUM ON MONDAY, JUNE 12, 2006, FROM 11:00 PM EST to 2:00 AM EST: [1] LEUREN MORET, INTERNATIONAL RADIATION EXPERT, 11:00 PM EST - 11:30 PM EST. Leuren Moret is an internationally-respected independent radiation specialist. She works around the world on radiation issues related to atmospheric testing, nuclear power plants, and depleted uranium. She has a professional background in the geosciences, with specific expertise in atmospheric dust, and is currently an Environmental Commissioner in the City of Berkeley, California. E-mail: leurenmoret@yahoo.com Leuren writes and travels widely. She has recently appeared in three documentary films about Depleted Uranium: BEYOND TREASON; BAGDAD RAP; and BLOWIN' IN THE WIND. You can purchase these films from Leuren by contacting her at: leurenmoret@yahoo.com [2] BOB NICHOLS, JOURNALIST, 11:00 PM EST - 11:30 PM EST. Bob Nichols is a Project Censored Award Winning journalist. He is a correspondent for the San Francisco Bay View newspaper and a frequent contributor to various online publications. Nichols is completing a book about 15 years of DU-based nuclear war in Central Asia. Nichols is a former employee of the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant. Nichols can be reached by email, and you are encouraged to write him, at: DUweapons@gmail.com [3] JEFFREY DINOWITZ, NEW YORK ASSEMBLYMAN, 11:30 EST - 12:00 Midnight EST. Jeff is responsible for introducing the Vets' Health Bill into the New York Assembly, where it emerged from Committee yesterday, and will be sent on to Ways and Means Committee, and then to the Rules Committee, before coming onto the Assembly Floor. The Vets' Health Bill provides for research and testing of Veterans who have been, or could have been, exposed to Depleted Uranium. [4] MAJOR DOUG ROKKE, PH.D. (USAR-RET.), 12:00 Midnight - 12:30 AM EST. Dr. Doug Rokke is a retired and disabled U.S. Army Reserve officer who served in the military since 1967 and a warrior. He is an expert on the health and environmental effects of nuclear, biological, and chemical warfare. During the First Gulf War, he served as member of "Bauer's Raiders" -- the 3rd U.S. Army Medical Command's nuclear, biological, and chemical warfare special operations, teaching, and response team. Dr. Rokke was the Pentagon's number one man in charge of the Depleted Uranium Project and the DU clean up. That is, until his knowledge and experience lead him to say: "Oh my God, we can't use uranium weapons! It kills our own troops." E-mail: dlind49@aol.com [5] SUSAN RIORDAN, CANADIAN DU WITNESS, 12:30 AM EST - 1:00 AM EST. Susan is now a famous Canadian celebrity due to her testimony about the health effects of uranium weapons. Her late husband, Captain Terry Riordan, was internally contaminated by ceramic uranium oxide dust during his service in the First Gulf War, from which Terry then died in 1996. Some 12,000,000 pounds of uranium weapons later [former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark's number], Susan asks the American Generals: "Why are you still doing this? It is insane!" Although Susan has herself fallen ill from uranium contamination, she is nonetheless helping to raise public awareness about the very real and extremely serious problem of DU toxicity. [6] ROBERT "BOB" G. SMITH, JR. (US ARMY/LNG-RET.), 1:00 AM EST - 1:30 AM EST. Bob was born in Texas, but has been living in New Orleans for 30 years. He retired, after 20 years of service with the U.S. Army and Louisiana Army National Guard, at the rank of Command Sergeant Major. Bob served three combat tours in Vietnam as a Special Forces Green Beret, and was he mobilized for Operation Desert Storm. His education includes a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology, and Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering. Bob's currently employed as an engineer, and lives with his wife Julie and their dog. He's a member of both Veterans for Peace and Vietnam Veterans Against the War. Bob almost single-handedly walked the Vets' Health Bill through the Louisana Legislature. [7] RAY RAMOS, NYPD OFFICER (USNG-RET.), 1:30 AM EST - 2:00 AM EST. Ray was a member of the U.S. National Guard for 21 years, and has been a New York City Police Officer for the last 13 years. He served in Iraq from April 2003 to September 2003. Ray became ill and was sent back to the USA. His symptoms include: heat stroke; migraines; total weakness; weight loss; fatigue; breathing problems; joint pain; and more. All of his symptoms have persisted. Ray has tested "postive" for U238 and U235 contamination. He recently had a vasectomy to eliminate the risk of fathering children with severe birth defects. He has been actively involved in the movement to pass the Vets' Health Bill through the New York Legislature. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our webpage for "The 'X' Zone Radio Show - Depleted Uranium Effects" is: http://www.xzone-radio.com/uranium.htm The "X" Zone Radio Show is broadcast live, Monday through Friday, 10 PM - 2 AM Eastern Standard Time. Then the Show is repeated in its entirety from 2 AM - 6 AM. 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This announcement can be found on the APFN website: http:// tinyurl.com/hn6d3 =============================================================== 32 ARTICLES ON THE USA'S ILLEGAL USE OF DEPLETED URANIUM MUNITIONS ("DUM"): [1] Stephen Lendman's 5-22-06 VHeadline essay, "The Threat Of Depleted Uranium Exposure: Real, Deadly, But Covered Up By The Pentagon And The U.S. Veteran's Administration" [Factually accurate, but its somewhat unfocused author wanders on to several unrelated subjects.]: http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=58015 [2] Doug Westerman's 5-1-06 InformationClearingHouse essay, "Depleted Uranium is Far Worse Than 9/11: Why Depleted Uranium Is A Public Health Disaster For The People Of Iraq And Afghanistan": http://informationclearinghouse.info/article12903.htm [3] Irving Wesley Hall's 4-28-06 InformationClearingHouse essay, "GI's: Beware Of Radioactive Showers!": http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article12861.htm [4] Susu Jeffrey's 4-13-06 CC/PulseTC.com essay, "The U.S. Military Is In DU Denial" [The USA has been waging radioactive nuclear warfare for 15 years. Hence, almost all of the 580,000 Gulf War veterans have applied for disability treatment and benefits. Why? Because the U.S. military has been poisoning its own troops through its ongoing use of Depleted Uranium Munitions ("DUM"). I call that "the sin of the father being visited upon the next generation" - whether it?s through parental illness and death, or genetic damage and birth defects that are inherited by untold generations. Brothers, if you?re going to the Middle East, bank your sperm first. Sisters, if you?re going over, have your babies first.]: http://www.countercurrents.org/us-jeffrey130406.htm [5] Irving Wesley Hall's 3-23-06 CC essay, "Depleted Uranium For Dummies" [More than 1,000 tons of Depleted Uranium ("DU") have been used in Afghanistan, and more than 3,000 tons in Iraq, the results of which will affect victims generations to come.]: http://www.countercurrents.org/hall230306.htm [6] Bob Nichols' 3-22-06 SFBayView.com essay, "Uranium Bombing In Iraq Contaminates Europe" [Part of his Project Censored Award Winning series about the U.S. military's use of DU.]: http://www.sfbayview.com/031506/uraniumbombing031506.shtml [7] Irving Wesley Hall's 3-9-06 CC essay,"Dick Cheney's Time-Release Poison" [A retired political science professor's perspective on the U.S military's use of Depleted Uranium.]: http://www.countercurrents.org/hall090306.htm. [8] Lone Star Icon's 3-1-06 LSI special feature, "Have DU, Will Travel" [Fourteen articles cover the dire consequences of the USA's use of Depleted Uranium ("DU") in Iraq and Afghanistan. By the way, the Lone Star Icon is G.W. Bush's hometown newspaper in Crawford, TX.]: http://lonestaricon.com/2006/CurrentIssue/09/ [9] Lauren Moret's 2-26-06 Mindfully.org essay, "The Queen's Death Star: Depleted Uranium Measured In British Atmosphere From Battlefields In The Middle East" [Cites a scientific study by Drs. Chris Busby and Saoirse Morgan, published in the 2-19-06 SundayTimesOnline, which concluded that: (a) Europe is contaminated by depleted uranium from the Anglo-American use of Depleted Uranium Munitions ("DUM") in four wars (i.e., the Gulf War, Bosnia/Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq); (b) very fine particles of depleted uranium are being transported into Europe though atmospheric sand and dust storms, and on air currents, from war zones in the Balkans and the Mideast; and (c) irrefutable evidence proves that the US military has been using DUM on cities and other civilian populations in Iraq, which is a prosecutable war crime under international law.]: http://www.mindfully.org/Nucs/2006/DU-Europe-Moret26feb06.htm [10] Stephen Lendman's 2-27-06 CC essay, "Depleted Uranium: A Hidden Looming Worldwide Catastrophe" [Provides a detailed examination of the serious global health problems and environmental damage caused by the Anglo-American coalition's military use of radioactive Depleted Uranium Munitions ("DUM") in Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere.]: http://www.countercurrents.org/lendman280206.htm [11] The FMNN Staff's 2-21-06 Free Market News Network report, "DU Scandal Explodes" [The historical disability rate amongst American soldiers last century was about 5%, although it approached 10 % during Vietnam. But due to the use of Depleted Uranium on the battlefield, 56% of the 580,400 first Gulf War's veterans were on Permanent Medical Disability by 2000. Now 11,000 Gulf War veterans are already dead. And currently 518,739 Gulf War veterans - which is almost all of them - are on Permanent Medical Disability.]: http://www.FreeMarketNews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=8018 [12] Drs. Chris Busby and Saoirise Morgan's groundbreaking 2-19-06 Mindfulness.org/ Sunday Times Online scientific paper, "Did The Use Of Uranium Weapons In Gulf War 2 Result In The Contamination Of Europe? Evidence From The Measurements Of The Atomic Weapons Establishment, Aldermaston, Berkshire, UK" [The short answer to their titular question is "yes."]: http://www.mindfully.org/Nucs/2006/DU-Europe-Contamination1jan06.htm [13] Dr. Abel Bult-Ito's and Dr. Jenan Hassan's 1-22-06 Global Research Centre articles, "Nothing Depleted About Depleted Uranium: Disturbing Photos Of Children," and "Photos Of Babies Deformed At Birth As A Result Of Depleted Uranium (DU) 2003" [WARNING: contains unavoidably-disturbing photos of deformed Iraqi babies who were born in DU-contaminated war zones, so please be advised NOT to look if you're easily upset.]: http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php? context=viewArticle&code=BUL20060122&ar ticleId=1777 [14] Bob Nichols' 12-6-05 SFBayView.com article, "Heads Roll At Veterans Administration: Mushrooming Depleted Uranium (DU) Scandal Blamed" [Part of his Project Censored Award Winning series about the U.S. military's use of DU.]: http://www.sfbayview.com/012605/headsroll012605.shtml [15] Drs. Marjorie Monleau, Michel De Meo, Fracoise Pacquet, Valerie Chazel, Gerard Dumenil and Marie Donnadieu-Claraz's 12-05 Oxford Journal scientific study, "Genotoxic And Inflammatory Effects Of Depleted Uranium Particles Inhaled By Rats" [Toxicological study found that rats suffered lung and genetic damage from inhaling DU particles.]: http://toxsci.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/89/1/287 [16] Leuren Moret's December 2005 World Affairs Journal essay, "Planet Earth As A Weapon And A Target" [Provides details concerning the Pentagon death-worshippers' hubristic efforts to consolidate global corporate capitalism's "New World Order," which is based on a permanent war economy, by developing outlandish biodestructive weapons systems.]: http://www.mindfully.org/Reform/2006/Earth-Weapon-Moret24feb06.htm [17] Andrew Buncombe's 9-2-05 ICH/Independent article, "Depleted Uranium Tests For Troops Returning From Iraq" [Iraq War vets are being tested for radioactive poisoning because they're suffering from health problems caused by exposure to DU weapons.]: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10433.htm [18] Leuren Moret's 8-9-05 CD/Battle Creek Enquirer (Michigan) essay, "Depleted Uranium Is WMD": http://www.commondreams.org/ views05/0809-33.htm [19] Leuren Moret's 8-21-04 Centre for Global Research essay, "Depleted Uranium: Dirty Bombs, Dirty Missiles, Dirty Bullets. A Death Sentence Here And Abroad": http://globalresearch.ca/articles/MOR408A.html [20] Leuren Moret's 7-1-04 World Affairs Journal article, "Depleted Uranium: The Trojan Horse Of Nuclear Weapons" [This is a must-read tour de force article about DU.]: http://www.mindfully.org/Nucs/2004/DU-Trojan-Horse1jul04.htm [21] Wil Cruz's 4-10-04 CD/Newsday article, "GIs: Depleted Uranium Dust Made Us Ill" [Once-healthy GIs say they fell ill after they were exposed to DU gas and dust in Middle Eastern war zones.]: http://www.commondreams.o rg/headlines04/0410-03.htm [22] Bob Nichols' 3-27-04 Dissident Voice essay, "There Are No Words: Radiation In Iraq Equals 250,000 Nagasaki Bombs" [The first in his Project Censored Award Winning series on the USA's use of DU.]: http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Mar04/Nichols0327.htm [23] Stephanie Hiller's 1-7-04 AwakenedWoman.com article, "Scientists Uncover Uranium Trail In Afghanistan: 'Astounding' Levels Of Uranium In The Urine Of Afghan Civilians" [Reports the results of a methodologically-sound scientific study by UMRC's Dr. Durakovic, a former US Army adviser, who found shockingly high levels of non-depleted uranium contamination in the civilians of Afghanistan four months after the US invasion. Indeed, those levels were 400% to 2000% higher than the normal population baseline.]: http://www.awakenedwoman.com/umrc.htm [24] Anthony Barnett's 12-14-03 The Observer article, "Army Shells Pose Cancer Risk In Iraq: Depleted Uranium Causing High Radioactivity Levels" [Summarizes a report by the Canadian-based Uranium Medical Research Centre concerning Depleted Uranium radioactivity in Iraq, then quotes the British government's blanket denials. However, follow-up research corroborates UMRC's conclusions about the widespread dispersion of radioactive DU particles in Iraq.]: http://www.mindfully.org/Nucs/2003/DU-Cancer-Iraq14dec03.htm [25] Karen Parker's 9-30-03 NukeWatch.com essay, "Why Weapons Containing Depleted Uranium Are Illegal" [An expert in international law concisely explains, in plain English, why Depleted Uranium weapons are illegal under international law.]: http://www.nukewatch.com/du/20030930bthm.html [26] Sarah Flounders' 8-18-03 IAC essay, "Another War Crime? Iraqi Cities 'Hot' With Depleted Uranium": http://www.iacenter.org/depleted/du- warcrime.htm [27] International Educational Development's 7-14-03 UN document, "Written Statement Regarding Depleted Uranium" [NGO argues that DU weapony is illegal in its brief to the UNCHR's Sub-Commission for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights, 55th Session. The UNCHR later passed a resolution that adopted this position.]: http://www.webcom.com/hrin/parker/sub03du.html [28] Neil Mackay's 3-30-03 CD/Sunday Herald (Scotland) article, "US Forces' Use Of Depleted Uranium Weapons Is Illegal" [Addresses illegality, contains some useful links.]: http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0330-02.htm [29] Philippa Winkler's 8-?-02 article, "UN Rejects US Argument That DU Is A 'Legal' Weapon: US-UK Defeated On DU Vote At The UN Sub-Commission" [Helpfiully summarizes the UN's proceedings and resolutions on the illegality of Depleted Uranium weapons.]: http://www.rense.com/general33/du.htm [30] Robert James Parsons' 3-3-02 Le Monde Diplomatique article, "America's Big Dirty Decret: Depleted Uranium In Bunker Bombs" [The USA loudly and proudly boasted of the new bomb it was using against al-Qaeda hold-outs in Afghanistan; it sucks the air from underground installations, suffocating those within. The USA has also admitted that it used depleted-uranium weaponry over the last decade against bunkers in Iraq, Kosovo, and now Afghanistan.]: http://MondeDiplo.com/2002/03/03uranium [31] International Educational Development and the Humanitarian Law Project's report, "Human Rights And Toxics: Depleted Uranium And The Gulf War" [Published by the 53rd Session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.]: http://www.webcom.com/hrin/parker/c97-5w.html [32] Four websites devoted to exposing the use of Depleted Uranium Munitions ("DUM"): A. International Action Center's 2-9-06 "Depleted Uranium Education Project" [Contains links to numerous video excerpts and articles about the lethal health impact of DU poisoning.]: http://www.iacenter.org/depleted/du.htm B. Damacio Lopez's International Depleted Uranium Study Team "(IDUST") website [IDUST provides links to the scientific findings, health effects, and literature on DU contamination, plus a section on "International Law And Depleted Uranium." Last updated 6-23-05.]: http://www.idust.net/ C. TraprockPeace.org's full record of the 10/11-16/03 World Uranium Weapons Conference in Hamburg, Germany [Links to every speaker, paper, panel and film that was presented.]: http://traprockpeace.org/depleted_uranium_hamburg03.html D. American Gulf War Veterans Association's "Gulf War Syndrome: Depleted Uranium" [Epidemiological statistics provide solid proof of a direct correlation between "Gulf War Syndrome" and Depleted Uranium poisoning. Contains links to inform veterans about health risks created by the US military's worldwide dispersion of DU poisoning.]: http://www.gulfwarvets.com/du.htm ================================================================ THE MORAL OF THIS STORY: In a very real sense, every illegal war of aggression is state-sponsored terrorism on a massive scale. Most of the victims of the Iraq War's reign of terror are: women; children; the elderly; and other innocent civilian noncombatants. We've already learned that the U.S. military has been committing slow massacres, poisoning our own troops, and contaminating future generations, through its global dispersal of radioactive dust from Depleted Uranium Munitions ("DUM"). When will we finally learn: (1) that even the best of intentions does not guarantee a good outcome, and frequently leads to a bad outcome, when we unleash the evil means and uncontrollable chaos of war; and (2) that violence only begets more violence, and warfare more wars? ================================================================ From maxitcesar at yahoo.com Mon Jun 12 20:42:50 2006 From: maxitcesar at yahoo.com (maxitcesar@yahoo.com) Date: Tue Jun 13 05:58:13 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Rainforest Action Network: FILM NIGHT: Grassy Narrows Blockade Story Message-ID: <20060613034250.79528.qmail@host332.ipowerweb.com> Rainforest Action Network (RAN) invites you to watch an amazing film: "As Long As the Rivers Flow: The Grassy Narrows Blockade Story." (55 min.) A Winnipeg Indymedia project directed by David Clement about the indigenous resistance to the clear-cut logging of old growth forests on their ancestral lands. The film screening is part of a national campaign to stop Weyerhaeuser, the largest logging company, from destroying the ancient hardwood forests on traditional lands of the Grassy Meadows Nation in Ontario. Wednesday, June 14th 2006. 6:30pm - 9:00pm Al-Fishawy Cafe (aka “Before It's Too Late Media Cafe”) 4132 Georgia Ave NW (between Upshur & Taylor) 3 blocks north of Georgia/Petworth Metro on Green Line, #70/71/64 bus lines After the film, you're invited to stay for music, food, drinks, and a discussion about the campaign and tactics with nonviolent direct action trainers plus RAN organizers and Grassy Meadows activists on conference call. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more info www.FreeGrassy.org and www.ran.org or contact Cesar Maxit- maxitcesar@yahoo.com 202 29 49 202 From endviolence at carolmoore.net Mon Jun 12 22:45:43 2006 From: endviolence at carolmoore.net (Carol Moore in DC) Date: Tue Jun 13 05:58:14 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] DAWN Meeting Tues 6/13, 7 PM Sharp Message-ID: <448E5107.6060000@carolmoore.net> Tuesday, June 13, 2006 7:00 - 8:00 PM (8:00 - 9:00 PM for working group meetings) AFSC office, 2211 14th Street, NW There's a lot of exciting things upcoming this summer that you'll keep hearing about on the DAWN list - protests, counter-protests, conferences, camp outs, parties, etc. At tomorrow's meeting David Swanson of http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/ will address DAWN on this fall's "Camp Democracy" organized by Cindy Sheehan and friends -- and all the DAWN members who want to help! Please come by and help us stop these maniacs in power - and have a good time doing it! Check out the photos and video from our last protest June 6, 2006 http://stopthewarnownet/protests/6-6-6.html From endviolence at carolmoore.net Tue Jun 13 09:15:46 2006 From: endviolence at carolmoore.net (Carol Moore in DC) Date: Wed Jun 14 05:58:19 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Fri June 16th: Peace Groups present IRAN OPTIONS Message-ID: <448EE4B2.7040501@carolmoore.net> Friday, June 16 9:30-11:00 a.m. At the Mott House, 122 Maryland Ave., N.E., Washington Ivan Eland, Independent Institute; Daryl Byler, Mennonite Central Committee Washington Office; and two other speakers, "Iran: US Policy Options (That Do Not Involve Military Action)." Sponsored by Women?s Action for New Directions http://wand.org, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation http://www.wagingpeace.org/, and Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation http://armscontrolcenter.org ALSO: June 16 Noon-1:30 p.m., David Albright, Institute for Science and International Security; Thomas Donnelly, American Enterprise Institute; and Robert Gallucci, Georgetown University?, "Countering Nuclear Outlaws: Conflict or Containment?" Sponsored by the Russian American Nuclear Security Advisory Council. http://ransac.org B-340 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. RSVP to Bill Hoehn by email or call (202) 332-1412. >From Friends National Committee on Legislation Nuclear Calendar http://www.fcnl.org/NuclearCalendar/index.php From endviolence at carolmoore.net Tue Jun 13 11:39:33 2006 From: endviolence at carolmoore.net (Carol Moore in DC) Date: Wed Jun 14 05:58:19 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Weds. Press Conference Women Working Vs. Iran War Message-ID: <448F0665.4090202@carolmoore.net> A Who's Who team of women against war has travelled to Vienna to meet with the International Atomic Energy Agency about the US-generated "crisis" over Iran. Hear three of them report on the Vienna meetings this Wednesday, June 14, at the National Press Club downtown: http://www.ips-dc.org/press/womenleadersiraq.htm MEDIA ADVISORY ? Women Nobel Laureates Delegation to the IAEA Women Leaders Urge Negotiated Solution to U.S.-Iran Stalemate to Avert War WHO: Jody Williams, Nobel Peace Laureate 1997, USA Emira Woods, Co-Director of Foreign Policy In Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies Mary Olson, Director, Southeast Office, Nuclear Information and Resource Service WHAT: News conference on the current crisis between the U.S. and Iran, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors meeting and outcomes from a recent dialogue between women Nobel Peace Prize Laureates and the IAEA. WHEN: Wednesday, June 14: 9:30 a.m. WHERE: Murrow Room, National Press Club 529 14th Street, NW; Washington, DC 20045 Two women peace prize winners?Jody Williams from the United States and Shirin Ebadi from Iran ? are this week leading a delegation of 10 civil society organizations from both countries. The organizations work on children?s rights, landmines, nuclear power, human rights, women and disarmament issues. They will meet with government representatives of the IAEA Board of Governors and IAEA officials. They will also promote greater exchange between Iranian and U.S. non-governmental organizations. Olson, from NIRS, and Woods, from IPS, are participating in the trip as are delegates from the Feminist Majority Foundation, American Friends Service Committee, Global Fund for Women, Women?s International League for Peace and Freedom and Greenpeace International. Williams, Olson and Woods will be available to discuss the outcomes of these meetings at the press conference. Ebadi and Williams belong to the Nobel Women?s Initiative, a new project of women Nobel Peace Prize Laureates that includes: Jody Williams (U.S. 1997), Shirin Ebadi (Iran, 2003), Wangari Maathai (Kenya, 2004), Rigoberta Menchu Tum (Guatemala, 1992) and Betty Williams (Ireland, 1976). Williams was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of her work with the International Campaign to Ban Landmines to eliminate anti-personnel landmines. Ebadi, a lawyer, received the award for her tireless efforts to promote human rights, in particular, the rights of women, children, and political prisoners in Iran. From maxitcesar at gmail.com Tue Jun 13 21:39:48 2006 From: maxitcesar at gmail.com (Cesar Maxit) Date: Wed Jun 14 05:58:20 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] REMINDER: RAN Film Screening Tonight 06/14 Message-ID: *REMINDER: MOVIE TODAY! WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14TH** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Many of the sprawling houses in the DC area are being built ** by Quadrant Homes, a developer subsidiary of the largest lumber company in the world, Weyerhaeuser with wood* *from the forested traditional lands of Grassy Narrows Nation.** * *Rainforest Action Network (RAN)* invites you to watch an amazing film about the indigenous resistance to the clear-cut logging of old growth forests on their ancestral lands. The film screening is part of a national campaign to stop Weyerhaeuser, the largest logging company, from destroying the ancient hardwood forests on traditional lands of the Grassy Narrows Nation in Ontario. *"As Long As the Rivers Flow:** The Grassy Narrows Blockade Story."* (55 min.) A Thunder Bay Indymedia project directed by David Clement * Wednesday, June 14th 2006 .**** 6:30pm - 9:00pm* *Al-Fishawy Cafe (aka Before It's Too Late Media Center) ** *4132 Georgia Ave NW (between Upshur & Taylor) 3 blocks north of Georgia/Petworth Metro on Green Line and #70/71/64 bus lines After the film, you're invited to stay for music, food, drinks, and a discussion about the campaign and tactics with nonviolent direct action trainers plus RAN organizers and Grassy Narrows activists on conference call. $3-5 donation suggested, but no one turned away ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BeforeItsTooLate PeoplesMediaCenter is a grassroots community center to empower all oppressed and disenfranchised people in Washington, D.C. Metro Area through media production, education, and civic services. By forging alliances with other local, national, and international social justice organizations, activists, and radical media networks, it WILL create a global village of progressive forces for liberation and survival before its too late! CONTACTS- Cafe 202-722-0150 Ryme Reem cell (917) 681-7228 e-mail wbixclass@yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more info please check out www.FreeGrassy.organd www.ran.org or contact Cesar Maxit- maxitcesar{at}yahoo c) 202 29 49 202 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***OFFICIAL INVITE*** Dear Friends, Please join us for a film screening at Peoples Media Center at AlFishawy cafe, on June 14 to learn more about an inspiring indigenous community living in the heart of Ontario-s boreal forest. The First Nations community of Grassy Narrows has fought for decades to stop multinational logging companies from clear-cutting on their traditional lands, and they need our help and support. The people of Grassy Narrows have seen their traditional subsistence way of life devastated by massive deforestation, ecological damage and toxic pesticides left by logging companies. Weyerhaeuser, the biggest lumber company in the world, is buying up the ancient hardwood forests of Grassy Narrows ?forests clear-cut over the objections of the community ? and converting them into building products for the U.S. housing industry. Weyerhaeuser markets these products as "environmentally friendly." In December 2002, community members at Grassy Narrows established a blockade on a logging road in their territory, sparking the longest-standing and highest-profile indigenous logging blockade in Canadian history. However, clear-cuts still take place -- Weyerhaeuser and Abitibi refuse to respect the community's right to self-determination within their traditional territory. I hope you can join me for David Clement's *"As Long As the Rivers Flow: The Grassy Narrows Blockade Story."* Please bring any friends that might be interested. *Date: Wednesday, June 14 Time: 6:30pm* *Location: Peoples Media Center at AlFishawy 4132 Georgia Avenue NW* (between Upshur & Taylor streets between the 2 Shell gas stations. 3 blocks North of Petworth metro station on the green line, on the #70/71/64 bus line.) To learn mo re about Grassy Narrows and the Rainforest Action Network (co-sponsor of this nationwide event) please check out: www.FreeGrassy.organd www.ran.org. Thanks and hope to see you on the 14th! BeforeItsTooLate PeoplesMediaCenter is a grassroots community center to empower all oppressed and disenfranchised people in Washington, D.C. Metro Area through media production, education, and civic services. By forging alliances with other local, national, and international social justice organizations, activists, and radical media networks, it WILL create a global village of progressive forces for liberation and survival before its too late! CONTACTS- Cafe 202-722-0150 Ryme Reem cell (917) 681-7228 e-mail wbixclass@yahoo.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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To endorse or for info call 202-265-1671, ext. 3, or email dc@codepinkalert.org Please spread the word: Endorsers include Gold Star Families for Peace, CODEPINK, After Downing Street Coalition, Progressive Democrats of America, United for Peace and Justice-DC, Democrats.com, Among others. -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/appledouble From johncoursey at hotmail.com Wed Jun 14 10:48:40 2006 From: johncoursey at hotmail.com (John Coursey) Date: Wed Jun 14 10:52:01 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Iran: Bush's Next Target? Message-ID: Public meeting: Iran: Bush's Next Target? WHEN: Thurs. June 15 at 7pm WHERE: La Casa 3166 Mt Pleasant St NW, Columbia Heights metro green line. -Sponsored by the DC International Socialist Organization Contact 202 667 0049 or iso_district@yahoo.com www.internationalsocialist.org Could Iran be the next Iraq? While the brutal US occupation of Iraq reaches deeper levels of crisis, the Bush administration has been spinning a web of lies and mistruths surrounding Iran's nuclear program. As the world's biggest nuclear power demands disarmament by Iran, US hypocrisy and fearmongering are openly on display. Despite recent "diplomatic" overtures, the US intends to escalate pressure on Iran and is positioning itself to expand with US war aims in the Middle East. Join us for a discussion about the nature of the US-Iranian crisis, why we must oppose any and all US attacks on Iran and how we can organize for a world free of war, occupation and the threat of nuclear conflict. From david.etheridge at verizon.net Wed Jun 14 13:45:23 2006 From: david.etheridge at verizon.net (David Etheridge) Date: Wed Jun 14 13:56:05 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Re: Peace vigil at the US Capitol on June 10 Message-ID: <02da01c68ff3$76a0c370$6500a8c0@Study> Please join us in a Peace Vigil at noon on Saturday June 17 on the West Lawn of the Capitol. Look for the blue banner with the message, "Seek Peace and Pursue It. --Psalms 34:14" The vigil lasts one hour and is silent except when one of us responds to the occasional questions about why we are there. For more information see http://www.quaker.org/langleyhill/seekpeace.htm or email seekpeacevigil@yahoo.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The Zapatistas are now in the midst of their largest grassroots mobilizing effort, La Otra Campa?a (The Other Campaign), which is seeking to build a grassroots movement "from below and to the left" uniting struggles throughout Mexico's 31 states. Recently the campaign has come under serious attack from the Mexican government, including mass arrests, torture, rape, and several murders. >From June 19-21st we want to invite local activists and organizers to a conversation with a diverse group of US based activists who have all recently traveled to Mexico to cover the Other Campaign and the Zapatistas movement. We will be discussing the current state of the campaign and what this means for those of us in the US looking to expand our own movement building efforts. One thing that the Zapatistas have always asked of us is that we "be rebels where we are," which means building our own movements here in the "brain of the monster." The event will also serve as a celebration for the five-year anniversary of Left Turn magazine, a movement publication which has featured the writings of several of the presenters. featuring: Ashanti Alston, Kristin Bricker, Walidah Imarisha, RJ Maccani ---------------------------------- Other Stops on the Tour: June 20th 7pm [Baltimore] The Contemporary Museum 100 W Centre St, btw Cathedral St and Park Ave. www.contemporary.org June 21st 7pm [Philadelphia] LAVA Space 4134 Lancaster Ave www.lavazone.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If anyone is interested in having a DC contingent, at least for Saturday, please get in touch with me. ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: United Worker's Association March-JUNE 24-Baltimore From: "Ryan" Date: Wed, June 14, 2006 10:10 pm To: jsmacdonald@riseup.net Cc: blatass@aol.com sweazl@aol.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- FREEDOM FROM POVERTY MARCH, ORGANIZED BY THE UNITED WORKERS' ASSOCIATION BALTIMORE MARYLAND Friday, JUNE 23- All Night Vigil Saturday, JUNE 24 @ 9:30AM PANCAKE BREAKFAST JUNE 24 @ 11:00AM MORNIGN SERVICE JUNE 24 @ 12-NOON- MARCH TO CAMDEN YARDS FLIER: http://unitedworkersassociation.org/060623_march.pdf MORE INFO: http://unitedworkersassociation.org/ info@unitedworkers.org 410/522-1053 United Workers Association The United Workers organizes Maryland's poor to secure the human right to freedom from poverty. The United Workers organizes Maryland's low-wage workers for freedom from poverty by securing human rights for all. We are a poor people's human rights organization led by the poor ourselves. The United Workers is a member of the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign and is an active participant in the University of the Poor's School of Labor. We also work closely with our friends and allies in the labor and progressive movements. Major supporters include: AFSCME, Catholic Campaign for Human Development and the Public Welfare Foundation. The United Workers is currently organizing the low-wage workers at Camden Yards, the city's largest employer of poverty-wage day labor. From endviolence at carolmoore.net Thu Jun 15 05:28:29 2006 From: endviolence at carolmoore.net (Carol Moore in DC) Date: Thu Jun 15 05:59:15 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Weds June 21: Help Plan Community Meeting on Iran Message-ID: <4491526D.8010609@carolmoore.net> FROM: Mkawasi Mcharo, Washington Peace Center June 21st, 7pm at the Peace House, 1233 12th Street NW between M&N. Bring a dish, snack, drink, or dessert. Sponsored by: * Campaign against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran * DC Antiwar Network * Washington Peace Center Contact: Carol Moore, endviolence@carolmoore.net Tel: 202.635.3739 We are organizing a weekend afternoon informational and strategy meeting on how the DC metro area antiwar/peace movement can stop any U.S. military attack on Iran. Members and representatives from DC antiwar and peace groups, and all groups willing to focus on this issue, are welcome to help plan this event. While we all hope that current negotiations between major powers and Iran will lead to a peaceful resolution, our hopes may be futile. U.S. Leaders like U.N Ambassador, not to mention powerful pro-war neoconservatives and lobbyists, are still promoting unilateral U.S. sanctions and even military strikes. Considering the U.S. is likely to use nuclear weapons in either offensive or retaliatory strikes, this is a war that must be stopped before it starts. For an analysis of current situation see GARY LEUPP's June 9 article: Come Down or Set Up? Bush and the Iran Deal http://www.counterpunch.org/leupp06092006.html From dchurchm at yahoo.com Fri Jun 16 08:32:05 2006 From: dchurchm at yahoo.com (Debby Churchman) Date: Fri Jun 16 08:58:46 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Reminder--Anti-Torture conference on Saturday Message-ID: <20060616153205.69991.qmail@web31507.mail.mud.yahoo.com> The Washington Region Religious Campaign Against Torture www.wrrcat.org Senator Carl Levin and Seymour Hersh to Speak to Washington-Area Religious Coalition on U.S. Sponsored Torture Representatives from 30 congregations and religious institutions in the Washington area will attend an all-day conference this Saturday to mobilize faith-based opposition to U.S. sponsored torture and inhumane treatment. Congregations include Episcopalian, Presbyterian, Methodist, Congregational, Quaker, Lutheran, Catholic, Muslim, and Unitarian Universalist. The conference is sponsored by the Washington Region Religious Campaign Against Torture (WRRCAT), a newly formed, ecumenical organization in support of the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT) created in January of this year. WRRCAT seeks support from all religious communities to ban U.S. torture and inhumane treatment, extraordinary rendition, and secret prisons; it also seeks to establish an independent commission on torture. WHAT: A conference entitled ?U.S. and Torture: A Religious Call To Action? WHEN: Saturday, June 17, 2006. 8:30 A.M. to 3:30 P.M. WHERE: River Road Unitarian Church, 6301 River Road, Bethesda, MD. (for directions, click here: http://www.rruc.org/directions.htm) CONFIRMED SPEAKERS: ? Senator Carl Levin, Ranking Member Senate Armed Services Committee ? Seymour Hersh, Pulitzer Prize Winning Reporter ? Elisa Massimino, Washington Director, Human Rights First ? Beth Pyles, Member, Christian Peacemaker Teams ? Jennifer Harbury, Human Rights Activist, Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition ? Ray McGovern, former CIA analyst __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From gael at codepinkalert.org Sat Jun 17 07:43:14 2006 From: gael at codepinkalert.org (Gael Murphy) Date: Sat Jun 17 15:45:35 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Hound Cheney Mon June 19 NOON Message-ID: ************************** PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY ************************** MONDAY June 19th 12:00 sharp. 529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor - Washington, DC 20045 Come Hound the DOG of War! Dick Cheney to speak at the National Press Club, We will gather at 11:45-12:00 downstairs. Why DOG Cheney? Here's what HE says: "We know he's been absolutely devoted to trying to acquire nuclear weapons, and we believe he has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons." --March 16, 2003 "My belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators." --March 16, 2003 "I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency." -- on the Iraq insurgency, June 20, 2005 "Go f*ck yourself." --to Sen. Patrick Leahy, during an angry exchange on the Senate floor about profiteering by Halliburton, June 25, 2004 Need we say more?? Contact: Katie Heald 503-313-1884 Allison Yorra 202-487-5112 Work for Peace, Allison Yorra DC CODEPINK 202-487-5112 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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For more details on each event, please visit www.DCPalestine.org, AND BE SURE TO CHECK IT BEFORE YOU ATTEND YOUR EVENT FOR LAST MINUTE CHANGES! ========================= T H I S W E E K ========================= MONDAY, June 19, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BRIEFING: THE STATUS OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN PALESTINE TIME: 12:30-2:00pm LOCATION: The Palestine Center DIRECTIONS: 2425 Virginia Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20037 Foggy Bottom Metro SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: Palestine Center(The Palestine Center) ORGANIZED BY: Palestine Center CONTACT: (202) 338-1958 ext. 11 rsvp@palestinecenter.org Monday, 19 June 2006 | 12:30-2:00 p.m. Dr. Rasmi Abu-Helu Assistant Professor, Al-Quds University "The Status of Public Health in Palestine" The humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian Territory is deepening due to the political situation in the region, which hinders both the provision of and access to ap ... ........................................................................ WEDNESDAY, June 21, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FILMS: SUMMER 2006 FILM SERIES: I REMEMBER 1948 & OCCUPIED MINDS TIME: 6:30pm LOCATION: The Palestine Center DIRECTIONS: 2425 Virginia Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20037 Foggy Bottom Metro SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: Palestine Center(The Palestine Center) ORGANIZED BY: Palestine Center CONTACT: (202) 338-1958 info@palestinecenter.org Wednesday, 21 June 2006 | 6:30 p.m. "I Remember 1948" Director: Fadia Kisrwani Abboud / Australia, 2005 / 24 min. In Australia's first bilingual Arabic/English film, four elders give eye-witness accounts of the tumultuous days of Al Nakba, the catastrophe of 1948, and its aftermath. As children and young ... ........................................................................ THURSDAY, June 22, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BRIEFING: AL-NAKBA AND THE ORAL HISTORY OF PALESTINIANS TIME: 12:30-2:00pm LOCATION: The Palestine Center DIRECTIONS: 2425 Virginia Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20037 Foggy Bottom Metro SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: Palestine Center(The Palestine Center) ORGANIZED BY: Palestine Center CONTACT: (202) 338-1958 ext. 11 rsvp@thejerusalemfund.org Thursday, 22 June 2006 | 12:30-2:00 p.m. Fawwaz Salameh Member of the Palestine Oral History Network "Al-Nakba and the Oral History of Palestinians" Palestinians' lives are colored by the events and memory of 1948, whether they experienced it directly or not. Because the generation of Palestinians who li ... ........................................................................ ========================= N E X T W E E K ========================= WEDNESDAY, June 28, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FILM: SUMMER 2006 FILM SERIES: PRIVATE TIME: 6:30pm LOCATION: The Palestine Center DIRECTIONS: 2425 Virginia Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20037 Foggy Bottom Metro SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: Palestine Center(The Palestine Center) ORGANIZED BY: Palestine Center CONTACT: (202) 338-1958 info@palestinecenter.org Wednesday, 28 June 2006 | 6:30 p.m. "Private" Director: Saverio Costanzo / Italy, 2004 / 90 min. Inspired by real events, Costanzo's feature debut is a minimalist psychological drama about a Palestinian family of seven suddenly confronted with a volatile situation in their home that reflects the larger ongo ... ........................................................................ FRIDAY, June 30, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RECEPTION & PRESENTATION:SOUVENIRS: MEMORIES OF TUNIS TIME: 6:30pm-8:30pm LOCATION: The Palestine Center DIRECTIONS: 2425 Virginia Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20037 Foggy Bottom Metro SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: Palestine Center(The Palestine Center) ORGANIZED BY: Palestine Center CONTACT: (202) 338-1958 info@palestinecenter.org Friday, 30 June 2006 | 6:30-8:30 p.m. Dagmar Painter, "Souvenirs: Memories of Tunis" Opening reception and curator's presentation For this exhibition, Dagmar Painter, former curator of the Jerusalem Fund Gallery, has transformed her recent photographs of Tunis, Tunisia into memories, les souvenirs, and has ... ........................................................................ ==================== DETAILS OF THIS WEEK'S EVENTS =================== Briefing: THE STATUS OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN PALESTINE Monday, 19 June 2006 | 12:30-2:00 p.m. Dr. Rasmi Abu-Helu Assistant Professor, Al-Quds University "The Status of Public Health in Palestine" The humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian Territory is deepening due to the political situation in the region, which hinders both the provision of and access to appropriate medical care. Since the Oslo Peace Process began, human rights organizations in Palestine report that the public health situation in Palestine has deteriorated such that there are too few hospitals in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, inadequate medical supplies and equipment in government hospitals and clinics - especially in necessary units like emergency and heart units - and inadequate salaries for medical staff and workers. The United States' sanctions against the Hamas-led Palestinian government and the decision of Israel to withhold tax monies it collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority following Hamas' majority win in Parliament have greatly deepened what was already a deteriorating situation and have caused the United Nations to make an unprecedented appeal to international donors for $385 million to help alleviate the situation - an increase of 80 percent on the budget earmarked for 2006. What are the major issues facing public health practitioners in Palestine? What is being done on the local level to endure the ongoing crisis? How are Palestinians coping with the effect of their government's political isolation? Dr. Rasmi Abu-Helu is an Assistant Professor of Medical Technology at Al-Quds University in Palestine. He is currently serving as a visiting Fulbright Scholar at North Shore University (New York) where he is researching chronic lymphocyte leukemia. This briefing is free and open to the public. A light lunch will be served to registered guests at 12:30 p.m. The briefing and question/answer period will follow from 1:00-2:00 p.m. Registration is required; unregistered guests will not be allowed entrance. To register, send your name and contact information to rsvp@palestinecenter.org or call (202) 338-1958 ext.11 by 5 p.m. on Friday, June 16. ........................................................................ Films: SUMMER 2006 FILM SERIES: I REMEMBER 1948 & OCCUPIED MINDS Wednesday, 21 June 2006 | 6:30 p.m. "I Remember 1948" Director: Fadia Kisrwani Abboud / Australia, 2005 / 24 min. In Australia's first bilingual Arabic/English film, four elders give eye-witness accounts of the tumultuous days of Al Nakba, the catastrophe of 1948, and its aftermath. As children and young adults, they and their families were among 750,000 Palestinians fleeing for their lives as Zionist gangs began seizing villages to enlarge the recently created State of Israel. The stories told by these speakers are poignant, unexpected and sometimes surprising, expressing not only the tragedies but also the small miracles which occur in a human catastrophe of such dimensions. "Occupied Minds" Director: Jamal Dajani, David Michaelis / Palestine, Israel, USA 2005 / 58 min. Palestinian-American and Israeli journalists Jamal Dajani and David Michaelis journey to their mutual birth place of Jerusalem to explore new solutions and offer unique insights into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The film takes the viewer on an emotional and intensely personal odyssey through the streets of one of the world's most volatile regions. As the journalists make their way through the many worlds that make up contemporary Israel and Palestine, they struggle to find lasting solutions to what others believe may be a never-ending conflict. Event Details: This double film screening is the first event in the Summer 2006 Film Series, "Voices of Palestine," hosted jointly by The Jerusalem Fund and the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University from June 21-August 9, 2006. This annual summer film series highlights recent documentary and feature films from and about Palestine that explore the social, cultural and political complexities of Palestinian life and identity. All films are screened at The Palestine Center and begin promptly at 6:30pm. All films are in English or have English subtitles. Attendance is free and open to the public. No RSVP required, however space is limited. Directions and Parking Information. For all other inquiries, contact Jessica Robertson Wright, The Jerusalem Fund Cultural Coordinator, at (202) 338-1958. ........................................................................ Briefing: AL-NAKBA AND THE ORAL HISTORY OF PALESTINIANS Thursday, 22 June 2006 | 12:30-2:00 p.m. Fawwaz Salameh Member of the Palestine Oral History Network "Al-Nakba and the Oral History of Palestinians" Palestinians' lives are colored by the events and memory of 1948, whether they experienced it directly or not. Because the generation of Palestinians who lived through the "catastrophe" are aging, new emphasis has been placed on recording the stories and images of that bygone era. Fawwaz Salameh is an attorney at law who has worked as the legal consultant and project manager for the Al-Nakba Oral History Project in Jordan for the past three years. He represents Jordan on the steering committee of the Palestine Oral History Network (POHN) in the Middle East which is headed by the renowned historian and geographer Dr. Salman Abu Sitta. Salameh will present the parameters of the Al-Nakba Oral History Project and discuss some individual stories recorded to date, which reflect the differing situations of Palestinians in Jordan but the commonality of their feelings about the Palestinian Right of Return. This briefing is free and open to the public. A light lunch will be served to registered guests at 12:30 p.m. The briefing and question/answer period will follow from 1:00-2:00 p.m. Registration is required; unregistered guests will not be allowed entrance. To register, send your name and contact information to rsvp@thejerusalemfund.org or call (202) 338-1958 ext.11 by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, June 21. ........................................................................ ====================== E N D O F E V E N T S ======================= If you wish to submit an event please contact your group's DCPalestine representative or e-mail events@dcpalestine.org . Copyright (c) 2003, DCPalestine.org. All rights reserved. Designed and administered by Spidy.net - No one masters the Web like Spidy! From endviolence at carolmoore.net Mon Jun 19 05:12:10 2006 From: endviolence at carolmoore.net (Carol Moore in DC) Date: Mon Jun 19 05:22:28 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Weds Congress Event v. Iran War - Libertarians and conservatives Message-ID: <4496949A.2000802@carolmoore.net> Should be interesting. Good to network to bring left and right and independents together vs. Iran War!! _________________ Coalition for a Realistic Foreign Policy Presents: Right Against War with Iran When: Wednesday, June 21st 2006 Where: 122 Cannon House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20015 Time: 2 p.m.-3 p.m. The speakers include: Chuck Pena (Coalition for a Realistic Foreign Policy): "Refocusing the War on Terrorism" Ivan Eland (Independent Institute) ?The United States Might Have to Accept a Nuclear Iran.? Phil Giraldi (former CIA officer, contributing editor, The American Conservative): "Iran: Same Bad Intelligence, Same Catastrophic Results" Doug Bandow (Liberty Coalition): "Another War: Another Attack on Civil Liberties" If you have any questions please contact Michael D. Ostrolenk, Policy Fellow, Coalition for a Realistic Foreign Policy at mostrolenk@terabolic.net The Coalition for a Realistic Foreign Policy is a group of scholars, policy makers and concerned citizens united by our opposition to an American empire. The Coalition is dedicated to promoting an alternative vision for American national security strategy that is consistent with American traditions and values. Coalition for a Realistic Foreign Policy 1220 L Street, NW Suite #100-221 Washington, DC 20005-4018 Fax: 240-209-0576 http://www.realisticforeignpolicy. From endviolence at carolmoore.net Mon Jun 19 05:50:30 2006 From: endviolence at carolmoore.net (Carol Moore in DC) Date: Mon Jun 19 06:13:12 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Reminder Weds June 21: Help Plan Community Meeting on Iran Message-ID: <44969D96.9020503@carolmoore.net> The hardline Bushies have put a June 29th deadline on Iran to give in to US demands. Let's be ready to try to STOP this war, which will be far more catastrophic than Iraq War, including FOR Iraq. PLEASE COME. Individuals and group reps welcome. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ FROM: Mkawasi Mcharo, Washington Peace Center June 21st, 7pm at the Peace House, 1233 12th Street NW between M&N. Bring a dish, snack, drink, or dessert. Sponsored by: * Campaign against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran * DC Antiwar Network * Washington Peace Center Contact: Carol Moore, endviolence@carolmoore.net Tel: 202.635.3739 We are organizing a weekend afternoon informational and strategy meeting on how the DC metro area antiwar/peace movement can stop any U.S. military attack on Iran. Members and representatives from DC antiwar and peace groups, and all groups willing to focus on this issue, are welcome to help plan this event. While we all hope that current negotiations between major powers and Iran will lead to a peaceful resolution, our hopes may be futile. U.S. Leaders like U.N Ambassador, not to mention powerful pro-war neoconservatives and lobbyists, are still promoting unilateral U.S. sanctions and even military strikes. Considering the U.S. is likely to use nuclear weapons in either offensive or retaliatory strikes, this is a war that must be stopped before it starts. For an analysis of current situation see GARY LEUPP's June 9 article: Come Down or Set Up? Bush and the Iran Deal http://www.counterpunch.org/leupp06092006.html From malachykilbride at yahoo.com Mon Jun 19 14:01:19 2006 From: malachykilbride at yahoo.com (malachy kilbride) Date: Mon Jun 19 14:17:58 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Why protest Negroponte? Reflections on reflections Message-ID: <20060619210119.38499.qmail@web30303.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Back in the early days of the Bush-Cheney Administration before nation-building, terrorist color code warnings, and the War Time President, the nomination and subsequent bi-partisan confirmation of John Negroponte as US Ambassador to the UN sailed through as effortlessly as many other of Bush's official acts in the post-911 world. I came upon two pieces written back in early 2001 by two people who know of Negroponte's role in the disappearences, torture, and war crimes in war-torn Central America in the 1980's. Reading these two pieces should serve us well in understanding why DAWN will protest Negroponte on Thursday, June 22 at 7pm. Please join us (meet on street level at the Woodley Park Metro) . In peace and resistance, Malachy NEW RIPPLES IN AN EVIL STORY, 7/01 by Sister Laetitia Bordes, s.h. John D. Negroponte, President Bush's nominee as the next ambassador to the United Nations? My ears perked up. I turned up the volume on the radio. I began listening more attentively. Yes, I had heard correctly. Bush was nominating Negroponte, the man who gave the CIA backed Honduran death squads open field when he was ambassador to Honduras from 1981 to 1985. My mind went back to May 1982 and I saw myself facing Negroponte in his office at the US Embassy in Tegucigalpa. I had gone to Honduras on a fact-finding delegation. We were looking for answers. Thirty-two women had fled the death squads of El Salvador after the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero in 1980 to take refuge in Honduras. One of them had been Romero's secretary. Some months after their arrival, these women were forcibly taken from their living quarters in Tegucigalpa, pushed into a van and disappeared. Our delegation was in Honduras to find out what had happened to these women. John Negroponte listened to us as we exposed the facts. There had been eyewitnesses to the capture and we were well read on the documentation that previous delegations had gathered. Negroponte denied any knowledge of the whereabouts of these women. He insisted that the US Embassy did not interfere in the affairs of the Honduran government and it would be to our advantage to discuss the matter with the latter. Facts, however, reveal quite the contrary. During Negroponte's tenure, US military aid to Honduras grew from $4 million to $77.4 million; the US launched a covert war against Nicaragua and mined its harbors, and the US trained Honduran military to support the Contras. John Negroponte worked closely with General Alvarez, Chief of the Armed Forces in Honduras, to enable the training of Honduran soldiers in psychological warfare, sabotage, and many types of human rights violations, including torture and kidnapping. Honduran and Salvadoran military were sent to the School of the Americas to receive training in counter-insurgency directed against people of their own country. The CIA created the infamous Honduran Intelligence Battalion 3-16 that was responsible for the murder of many Sandinistas. General Luis Alonso Discua Elvir, a graduate of the School of the Americas, was a founder and commander of Battalion 3-16. In 1982, the US negotiated access to airfields in Honduras and established a regional military training center for Central American forces, principally directed at improving fighting forces of the Salvadoran military. In 1994, the Honduran Rights Commission outlined the torture and disappearance of at least 184 political opponents. It also specifically accused John Negroponte of a number of human rights violations. Yet, back in his office that day in 1982, John Negroponte assured us that he had no idea what had happened to the women we were looking for. I had to wait 13 years to find out. In an interview with the Baltimore Sun in1996 Jack Binns, Negroponte's predecessor as US ambassador in Honduras, told how a group of Salvadorans, among whom were the women we had been looking for, were captured on April 22, 1981 and savagely tortured by the DNI, the Honduran Secret Police, before being placed in helicopters of the Salvadoran military. After take off from the airport in Tegucigalpa, the victims were thrown out of the helicopters. Binns told the Baltimore Sun that the North American authorities were well aware of what had happened and that it was a grave violation of human rights. But it was seen as part of Ronald Reagan's counterinsurgency policy. Now in 2001, I'm seeing new ripples in this story. Since President Bush made it known that he intended to nominate John Negroponte, other people have suddenly been "disappearing", so to speak. In an article published in the Los Angeles Times on March 25 Maggie Farley and Norman Kempster reported on the sudden deportation of several former Honduran death squad members from the United States. These men could have provided shattering testimony against Negroponte in the forthcoming Senate hearings. One of these recent deportees just happens to be General Luis Alonso Discua, founder of Battalion 3-16. In February, Washington revoked the visa of Discua who was Deputy Ambassador to the UN. Since then, Discua has gone public with details of US support of Battalion 3-16. Given the history of John Negroponte in Central America, it is indeed horrifying to think that he should be chosen to represent our country at the United Nations, an organization founded to ensure that the human rights of all people receive the highest respect. How many of our Senators, I wonder, let alone the US public, know who John Negroponte really is? ### Is Negroponte Clean Enough for the U.N.? 4/8/01 Los Angeles Times, April 8, 2001 By FRANK DEL OLMO We're eyeball to eyeball with the Chinese, talking tough to the Russians and not talking to North Korea at all. It's back to the Cold War. Call me parochial, but what has me shivering after a brief but chilly visit to Washington is how the Bush administration is reviving the old U.S.-Soviet standoff in a part of the world where I spent my crazy youth as a correspondent: Central America. And if you loved how the Bushies tossed those alleged Russian spies out of the country, wait until you see what's for dessert. Warmed over Contras! Or, to be more precise, a warmed-over Contra paymaster, John D. Negroponte, who has been nominated to be ambassador to the United Nations. You remember the Contras--the CIA-funded guerrillas who waged a futile war to overthrow the revolutionary Sandinista government in Nicaragua, until the Nicaraguan people simply voted the Sandinistas out of power. Even those poor Central Americans, it turned out, know how democracy works. But more on the Contras later. It is no longer news that most of the men (doesn't National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice know any women she can suggest for some of these jobs?) President Bush wants to put in key positions on his foreign policy team are Cold Warriors from the days of presidents Reagan and Bush the First. But some of the guys being hauled out of cold storage have worrisome histories that Congress needs to revisit before punching their tickets. We can start with Negroponte. During his 37-year career with the State Department, Negroponte has held several sensitive embassy jobs in Asia (Vietnam, during the war, and the Philippines in the 1990s) and Latin America (Mexico, in the years leading up to the North American Free Trade Agreement, and Honduras, during the start of the Contra war against neighboring Nicaragua). It is Negroponte's tenure in Honduras, from 1981 to 1985, that the Senate needs to consider. I traveled all over Central America in those days, knew Negroponte and members of his staff and have no illusions about anyone who was involved in those brush-fire wars. Some ugly things were done on both sides in the name of national security--from assassinations to wholesale massacres. It was quite literally a bloody mess, and Negroponte was in it up to his elbows. Just how deep we don't know because Negroponte's involvement in covert U.S. activities in Honduras has never been fully investigated by Congress, even when the Mexican government protested Negroponte's 1989 appointment to run the U.S. Embassy there. Former Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari wanted NAFTA so badly that he probably would have accepted any U.S. ambassador. Knowing that, Congress stamped Negroponte's passport after some token questions about Honduras. Since then, however, much more has become public, largely because of an excellent, but insufficientl